A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes by Charles Elmé Francatelli.

This book is in the public domain and is part of the gutenberg projet. Nothing says obsolete like being in the public domain.

An advertisement inside the first few pages. Is this the way e-books will go as they drop in price?

Sample Recipes:

No. 29. How to make the most of a Pig, after it is killed.
No. 36. How to Melt down the Seam, or Loose Fat.
No. 53. Stewed Eels.
No. 59. Toad in the Hole.
No. 112. To make Elder Wine.

Baked Bullock’s Heart.

Status: Choose 3 recipes (if any can be found without meat) and throw a plain party.

Kill-ratio: 28:2 / 14:1
(captioned pix don’t count towards ratio)

Alt-title: Untitled Tome No. 247 For  Meals With Lots of Heart.

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