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The Housekeeper's Valuable Present; Or, Lady's Closet Companion
Robert, cook Abbot
49 pages~59 min read196 chapters$4.99
Robert Abbot boiled sugar to smooth, pearled, blown, feathered, and beyond, and his housekeeper's valuable present teaches each degree in turn. A working cook's short course in Georgian confectionery and sweet finishing. The closet companion for households that made their own candied luxuries. Master the degrees, then the sweets.
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196 chapters
- 1THE HOUSEKEEPER’s VALUABLE PRESENT:
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4PART I.
- 5To clarify Sugar.
- 6To boil Sugar to the Degree called Smooth.
- 7To boil Sugar to the Degree called Pearled.
- 8To boil Sugar to the Degree called Blown.
- 9To boil Sugar to the Degree called Feathered.
- 10To boil Sugar to the Degree called Crackled.
- 11To boil Sugar to the Degree called Carmelled.
- 12PART II.
- 13To preserve Oranges or Lemons whole.
- 14To preserve Cherries without Stones.
- 15To preserve Cherries with Stones.
- 16To preserve White Pea Plums.
- 17To preserve yellow Plums commonly called yellow Margates.
- 18To preserve Damascenes.
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