Hello RPWives,

Here is a very popular old book on household management I dug up on archive.org. According to Wikipedia, it was and immediate best seller sold two million of copies in the first few years of print. A character in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels declared "Mrs Beeton must have been the finest housekeeper in the world, therefore Mr. Beeton must have been the happiest and most comfortable man." Well if that doesn't sell it on ya, then I don't know what would!

Although a couple chapters are wholly inapplicable these days, I'd say 90% of the book is usable (and 90% usability from any book is doing pretty well). The book is still in print today, although a cursory glance at Amazon's listing conclude it's either abridged, poorly bound, or both. Links to the audio book can be found here and the print book here.

 

Table of Contents:

1. The Mistress
2. The Housekeeper
3. Arrangement And Economy Of The Kitchen
4. Introduction To Cookery
5. General Directions For Making Soups
6. Recipes
7. The Natural History Of Fishes
8. Recipes
9. Sauces, Pickles, Gravies, And Forcemeats - General Remarks
10. Recipes
11. Various Modes Of Cooking Meat
12. General Observations On Quadrupeds
13. Recipes
14. General Observations On The Sheep And Lamb
15. Recipes
16. General Observations On The Common Hog
17. Recipes
18. General Observations On The Calf
19. Recipes
20. General Observations On Birds
21. Recipes
22. General Observations On Game
23. Recipes
24. General Observations On Vegetables
25. Recipes
26. General Observations On Puddings And Pastry
27. Recipes
28. General Observations On Creams, Jellies, Souffles, Omelets, And Sweet Dishes
29. Recipes
30. General Observations On Preserves, Confectionery, Ices, And Dessert Dishes
31. Recipes
32. General Observations On Milk, Butter, Cheese, And Eggs
33. Recipes
34. General Observations On Bread, Biscuits, And Cakes
35. Recipes
36. General Observations On Beverages
37. Recipes
38. Invalid Cookery
39. Recipes
40. Dinners And Dining
41. Domestic Servants
42. The Rearing And Management Of Children, And Diseases Of Infancy And Childhood
43. The Doctor
44. Legal Memoranda

 

Hopefully you can find it useful, or at least entertaining to listen to while working. :)

 

Warm Regards,

HieronymusBoschClone