Ella E. Myers - 1776-1876: The Centennial Cook Book and General Guide

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This edition of 1776-1876: The Centennial Cook Book and General Guide by Ella E. Myers was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the Society is a research library documenting the life of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. AAS aims to collect, preserve, and make available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection includes approximately 1,100 volumes.

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THE Centennial Cook Book and General Guide is placed before the public solely on its intrinsic merits. To compile and issue a work of this kind that would be perfect, has been my particular aim, and, I believe that I have succeeded. The space allotted to COOKERY alone embraces nearly, if not quite, one thousand receipts, being the collection of over twenty years; and each receipt herein has been carefully analyzed and tested by me from time to time, and I can speak confidently of the correctness of each and every one of them. In these pages can be found some of the most elaborate and costly dishes to please the palate of the connoisseur; as also, some of the most economical ones to meet the wants of those whose incomes will not permit them to expend immoderately their scant earnings in supplying their tables. I know that vast sums of money are wasted annually by families and servants in preparing dishes, which might be saved if a few hints could be placed before them, whereby this saving might be accomplished. In order, then, to assist my friends in this object, I have endeavored in the compilation of the within receipts, to use only those ingredients which are practically necessary, and in such quantities only as are indispensable, and if my instructions are followed, there will be a very great saving indeed. It may not be perceptible, unless one will take the trouble to compare their own mode of preparing dishes with the different modes laid down in this work. I speak from experience when I say: there is room for reform in cookery. If families will but follow the instructions embraced in the Centennial Cook Book in the different modes of cooking, there will be saving of at least one-third. It is worth the trial.

The Medical Department of this work embraces valuable receipts for the cure of the different diseases that are common in families. They are carefully compiled and can be used by families with perfect safety. I have been aided in this department of my work principally by some of the best physicians and surgeons in this and other cities, and by the most approved works on medicine and surgery. A large number of the remedies contained herein, I have used in my own family for years, and I can speak confidently of their efficiency.

As great care is essential in the treatment of children, I have devoted several pages to this important subject. The hints and remedies herein prescribed have been approved by the leading physicians of this city, and should be followed implicitly by mothers and those having the care of infants. It is matter of such vital importance that I have given it especial mention in this work. In fact, the greatest care has been exercised in arranging this portion of the book, and it will be noticed that I have discarded entirely the use of medical terms, and given the simple name of each ingredient, so that any child may be able to call for the article named in the receipt. It will be well for families to give this portion of the work a careful perusal, not only because of the efficiency of the remedies set forth, but there may be times when it will be necessary to act quickly in many cases of sickness, and probably before physician could be summoned, the disease may have attained great headway.