The American Frugal HousewifeAlong with simply written recipes for roasting a pig and preparing corned beef, hasty pudding, carrot pie, buffalo tongue, and scores of other dishes, this fascinating book, with its lively and direct style, also offered 19th-century readers suggestions for treating chilblains and dysentery, cleaning white kid gloves, educating one's daughters, and much more. |
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... twenty - ninth edition of The American Frugal Housewife , Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy , originally published by Samuel S. & William Wood , New York , in 1844. A new Introduction has been written specially for the ...
... twenty - ninth edition of The American Frugal Housewife , Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy , originally published by Samuel S. & William Wood , New York , in 1844. A new Introduction has been written specially for the ...
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The American Frugal Housewife (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) Lydia Maria Child Limited preview - 2004 |
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