Georgian Recipes and Remedies: A Country Lady's Household Handbook
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- Synopsis
- &“A brilliant collection of recipes, receipts, restoratives and remarkable cures from the Georgian era . . . a joy to read out to your friends and family.&” —Books Monthly Discover the recipes for Mrs. Rooke&’s Very Good Plum Cake and Lady Harbord&’s Marigold Cheese. Learn how to preserve gooseberries &“as green as they grow&” and make Sir Theodore Colladon&’s Peach Flower Syrup. Feast on Lady St. Quintin&’s Dutch Pudding and Mrs. Eall&’s Candied Cowslips. Then wash it all down with Lady Strickland&’s Strong Mead or some Right Red Dutch Currant Wine. These are just some of the delightful Georgian recipes found in the receipt books of Sabine Winn, the eighteenth-century Swiss-born wife of Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Baronet Nostell of the impressive Palladian mansion, Nostell Priory in Yorkshire. Using centuries-old cookbooks, newspaper clippings, old family recipes and contributions from noble friends, Lady Winn created a wonderfully eclectic collection of mouthwatering dishes that are presented in this new volume for modern readers to enjoy. Mistrustful of English doctors, Sabine&’s receipt books also contain scores of remedies for a whole series of complaints, such as: The Best Thing in the World for Languishing Spirits or Fatigue after a Journey; Mrs Aylott&’s Excellent Remedy for Colic; Aunt Barrington&’s Cure for Pleurisy; An Approved Medicine to Drive the Scurvy or any other Ill Humour out of a Man&’s Body; and A Diet Drink to Cure all Manner of Hurts and Wounds.&“I found the herbal use in the recipes intriguing, creative, and sometimes delightfully odd . . . provides an interesting slice of 18th century Georgian life in England.&” —American Herb Association Quarterly
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 240 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781526727312
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781526727299
- Publisher:
- Pen & Sword Books
- Date of Addition:
- 09/18/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Michael J. Rochford
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.