A new system of practical domestic economy.

Date:
1823
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Credit: A new system of practical domestic economy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    at 20, or more, for a shilling. Ample directions for the management of Cows, Milk, Cheese, But- ter, and all the Business of the Dairy ;—for the care of Poultry, and the preservation of Eggs, will be found under their respective heads, in the body of this work. Grocery ofall kinds, exceptTea and Sugar.— Under this head are included all kinds of dried Fruits, Spices, Pickles, Salt, Pepper, and other condiments for the table, as well as Rice, Scotch Barley, &c. In purchasing these, the good eco- nomist will not only select the best in quality, but will purchase such quantities of the unperish- able articles as can be had at wholesale prices, which is always the best way of going to market. She will also bear in mind the extent of income, and, as a considerable portion of the expense of these articles must depend on management, she will not suffer those of mere luxury to supersede such as must of necessity be had. Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Cocoa, &c.— But little calculation is required respecting these ; as, in most families, all the servants, except those in the nursery, find their own Tea aud Sugar, for which an adequate consideration is made to them in their wages. The expense, therefore, is only for the principals, and we presume that the sums stated in the several Estimates will be sufficient. In families in which Tea is allowed to the female servants, one pound will serve seven or eight persons a week very well, which is about two ounces a week each. Coffee is a little, though but little, more expensive than Tea. Ample di- rections for choosing and using Teas may be found, p. 90 and 92. Remarks on Coffee, p. 95. and on the adulteration of Black Teas, of the more ordinary qualities, p. 97. Sugar.—Though the rule is, as has been al-