Choice Cookery

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Choice Cookery This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Choice Cookery Author: Catherine Owen Release date: August 14, 2008 [eBook #26311] Most recently updated: January 3, 2021 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26311 Credits: Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHOICE COOKERY *** Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Note Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of changes is found at the end of the text. Inconsistency in spelling and hyphenation has been maintained. A list of inconsistently spelled words is found at the end of the text. Oe ligatures have been expanded. The following codes have been used for characters that cannot be displayed in the character set used for this e-book. [+] Dagger --> Right pointing hand CHOICE COOKERY BY CATHERINE OWEN AUTHOR OF "TEN DOLLARS ENOUGH" "GENTLE BREAD-WINNERS" ETC. NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE 1889 Copyright, 1889, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ PREFACE. Choice cookery is not intended for households that have to study economy, except where economy is a relative term; where, perhaps, the housekeeper could easily spend a dollar for the materials of a luxury, but could not spare the four or five dollars a caterer would charge. Many families enjoy giving little dinners, or otherwise exercising hospitality, but are debarred from doing so by the fact that anything