Wholesome fare : a sanitary cook-book, containing the laws of food and the practice of cookery, and embodying the best British and continental receipts ; with hints and useful suggestions for the sedentary, the sick, and the convalescent / by Dr. & Mrs. Delamere.

  • Delamere, Edmund S.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Wholesome fare : a sanitary cook-book, containing the laws of food and the practice of cookery, and embodying the best British and continental receipts ; with hints and useful suggestions for the sedentary, the sick, and the convalescent / by Dr. & Mrs. Delamere. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    PREFACE. Many people—after dining at a table served in superior style to their own, and while enjoying the easy digestion which is the combined result of good cookery, pure wine, and pleasant company —say to themselves resignedly : ‘ All this is very agreeable ; but it is quite out of the question for us. We have not the material, means, and ap- pliances to do it. We might as well attempt to grow hot-house grapes in the open air, in our little back-garden. It is useless to attempt it.’ And the dinner remains a souvenir, instead of serving as an example. Such despondent persons clearly make a mis- take as to what they may attempt, and what they may not. The extra ornamentation, the super- abundance of plate, the multitude of viands may well be let alone; but the object of the following pages is to show that the real essentials of a good dinner, i.e. a few good dishes, may be had by those who have the courage to will it. To be convinced of this, the reader has only to study our chapter on bills of fare, and the receipts for the dishes composing them. They comprise choice specimens both of British and continental cookery, and, on inspecting them coolly and carefully, it