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The Housekeeper's Valuable Present; Or, Lady's Closet Companion

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The Housekeeper's Valuable Present; Or, Lady's Closet Companion

Robert, cook Abbot

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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

  1. 1THE HOUSEKEEPER’s VALUABLE PRESENT:
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4PART I.
  5. 5To clarify Sugar.
  6. 6To boil Sugar to the Degree called Smooth.
  7. 7To boil Sugar to the Degree called Pearled.
  8. 8To boil Sugar to the Degree called Blown.
  9. 9To boil Sugar to the Degree called Feathered.
  10. 10To boil Sugar to the Degree called Crackled.
  11. 11To boil Sugar to the Degree called Carmelled.
  12. 12PART II.
  13. 13To preserve Oranges or Lemons whole.
  14. 14To preserve Cherries without Stones.
  15. 15To preserve Cherries with Stones.
  16. 16To preserve White Pea Plums.
  17. 17To preserve yellow Plums commonly called yellow Margates.
  18. 18To preserve Damascenes.

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