COOK-BOOK

OR

FAMILY KITCHEN-BOOK

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Seeing that one ought to begin all things with rule and order, so shall we also in this little book keep a sequence or rule, and speak first of the provisions, then of the potages, of the sauces, thereafter of the boiled meat, of the roasted, stewed, fried, of all kinds of baked goods, also of some fish, and at last of the fruit or last course. In the first place then, a good manager or governess shall, with all advantages or benefits, seek to take care of all provisions of the house, each in its time, and that amply for a year: which provision does not only lie in wood, beer, wine, and bread, etc., which are common provisions: but also in certain particular kitchen or table provisions, with which one can often be served in haste, if someone comes over unexpectedly, whom one is nevertheless bound to, or whom one wishes to treat or do good service. Some of these I shall recount here, some I shall leave to each one's discretion: others one shall take according to

the place, according to the situation, according to the demand or state of each one. Those that one may keep common in some ways and finds everywhere, are these following. Smoked Westphalian hams, and in lack of that, others: tongues, sausages, sausages, black puddings beulinghen blood sausages, sturgeon in adovi pickled brine/marinade, salmon salted or dried, anchovies, oysters pickled in various ways, capers, olives, all kinds of fruit that one can pickle: such as artichokes, Turkish beans, cucumbers, parsnips, carrots, elderberry, and so forth: also apples, pears, still all kinds of fruit that one can dry, as well in the sun as in the oven: such as plums, cherries, artichokes, pears, peaches, grapes, nuts, almonds etc. Likewise common preserves that one makes in the house: such as marmalade, candied cherries, candied nuts, and to not let go to waste, orange peels, conserve of roses, also syrups, in case someone becomes sick. Other fruits one can keep, without great effort, such as grapes, which one only hangs on the beam, and cherries which one hangs in the well-pit in an earthen pot well closed up, and others. With these provisions a prudent manager shall often accomplish more, than with large money, which she shall let spend on the market daily. The manner to pickle or keep some things, which are not known, follows hereafter.