Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper

Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper by Catharine Esther Beecher is a cookbook displaying a wide variety of recipes for the whole family to enjoy. Contents: "MARKETING AND THE CARE OF MEATS. Marketing—Beef—Different "Cuts," etc.—Veal—Mutton—Pork—Poultry—Fish—Shell-fish—Care of Meats—To salt down Beef—To cleanse Calf's Head and Feet—To prepare Rennet—To salt down Fish—To try out Lard—Molasses-cured Hams—Brine for coming Hams, Beef, Pork, etc.—Another—Brine by Measure—To salt down Pork—To prepare Cases for Sausages—Sausage Meat—Another Recipe—Bologna Sausages—To smoke Hams. CHAPTER III. STEWS AND SOUPS. New Soup and Stew Kettle—General Directions—Stews: Beef and Potato; Mutton and Turnip, (French;) Simple Mutton; Beef, with vegetable flavors; Fowl, with Celery or Tomatoes—Irish Stew—Veal Stew—Another—Pilaff (Turkish)—Rice or Hominy Stew—English Beef Stew—Pot au Feu (French)."