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HOUSEHOLD BOOKS.
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HINTS on COOKERY, and Management of theTable. Translated from the French by MaryHooper. Crown 8vo. Price 1s. 6d.
THE ECONOMICAL COOK. A Book of Recipesfor every Season of the Year. By P. O. P.Fcap. 8vo. Price 1s.
WASHING, CLEANING, and REMOVINGSTAINS. By an Experienced Housewife.Fcap. 8vo. Price 1s.
CHILDREN. By I. L. Richmond, with a Prefaceby Sarah Tytler. Fcap. 8vo, paper. Price 1s.
A book for all mothers, being a series of short practicalpapers on the care and home training of young people;with full directions for nursing them through their ordinarydiseases, and teaching them how to preserve their health;also plain instructions how to cater for a family and toprepare their meals, including inexpensive menus for dinner,breakfast, and supper.
GRIFFITH FARRAN & CO., LIMITED,LONDON.
And all Booksellers.
FAST-DAY COOKERY
OR
MEALS WITHOUT MEAT
BY
GRACE JOHNSON
AUTHORESS OF "ANGLO-INDIAN AND ORIENTAL COOKERY"
LONDON
GRIFFITH FARRAN & CO.
NEWBERY HOUSE, 39 CHARING CROSS ROAD
1893
Encouraged by the kindly manner in which thePress has dealt with my "Anglo-Indian and OrientalCookery," and at the repeated request of friends, Iam writing this little book.
In its compilation, I have had in view both theAnglican and Roman communions.
There are many who keep the Fasts and Abstinencesprescribed by their Church, and there are many morewho would do so if their food was served up andcooked in a healthy way. As a rule, fish and vegetablesare very little understood in this country, andeven in the houses of the better class one sees littleelse than the eternal boiled and fried fish. As tovegetables, they are out of it altogether. If this bethe case where money is no object, how much harder[6]is it for those who are obliged to make the most ofeverything?
I do not pretend to teach in this little book, onlyto give a few novel and useful recipes that mosthousewives will find really good and economical, and