 cookbook for newly married( 18..)
..it explains the young wife and housewife how to stoke the stove and have a good fire going before starting the day and cooking ( getting up at 5 am, if you were a poor slob and did not have an army of servants)
going to market and buy fresh fish, game birds, meat...
i felt sorry for these young girls
but it made interesting reading., and what amazed me most, everything that we are preaching today was there already. fresh salads, vegetables, fruits..
they for sure did not know about 'good' and 'bad' cholesterin and cholesterol and what have you.
but they had common sense. and i think there is no need to invent the wheel again. these old books definitely are worth reading for any cook or Chef.
Even if it is not possible with todays food cost to make demi glace 'with a whole shoulder of a young cow, cut up into small pieces'.
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