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American Cookery - The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables
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Title: American Cookery The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables
Author: Amelia Simmons
Release Date: July 4, 2004 [EBook #12815]
Language: English
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AMERICAN COOKERY,
OR THE ART OF DRESSING
VIANDS, FISH, POULTRY and VEGETABLES,
AND THE BEST MODES OF MAKING
PASTES, PUFFS, PIES, TARTS, PUDDINGS,
CUSTARDS AND PRESERVES,
AND ALL KINDS OF CAKES, FROM THE IMPERIAL PLUMB TO PLAIN CAKE.
ADAPTED TO THIS COUNTRY, AND ALL GRADES OF LIFE.
By Amelia Simmons, AN AMERICAN ORPHAN.
PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS.
HARTFORD PRINTED BY HUDSON & GOODWIN, FOR THE AUTHOR.
1796
PREFACE.
As this treatise is calculated for the improvement of the rising generation of Females in America, the Lady of fashion and fortune will not be displeased, if many hints are suggested for the more general and universal knowledge o