The American Frugal Housewife. Lydia Maria Child

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       Lydia Maria Child

      The American Frugal Housewife

      e-artnow, 2020

       Contact: [email protected]

      EAN 4064066060565

Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

       ODD SCRAPS FOR THE ECONOMICAL.

       SOAP.

       SIMPLE REMEDIES.

       VEGETABLES.

       HERBS.

       CHEAP DYE-STUFFS.

       MEAT CORNED, OR SALTED, HAMS, &c.

       CHOICE OF MEAT.

       COMMON COOKING.

       PUDDINGS.

       CHEAP CUSTARDS.

       COMMON PIES.

       BREAD, YEAST, &c.

       PRESERVES, &c.

       GENERAL MAXIMS FOR HEALTH.

       HINTS TO PERSONS OF MODERATE FORTUNE

       EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS.

       TRAVELLING AND PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.

       PHILOSOPHY AND CONSISTENCY.

       REASONS FOR HARD TIMES.

       HOW TO ENDURE POVERTY.

       APPENDIX

       AMERICAN FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE.

       EXTRACTS FROM THE ENGLISH FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE.

       CARVING.

MUTTON.	PORK.
1. Leg. 2. Loin, best end. 3. Do. Chump do. 4. Neck, best do. 5. Do Scrag do. 6. Shoulder. 7. Breast. Saddle, 2 Loins.	1. The Sperib. 2. Hand. 3. Belly, or Spring. 4. Fore Loin. 5. Hind do. 6. Leg.
VEAL.	BEEF.
1. Loin, best end 2. Do Chump do 3. Fillet. 4. Knuckle, hind. 5. Do. fore. 6. Neck, best end. 7. Do. scrag do. 8. Blade Bone. 9. Breast, best end. 10. Do. Brisket.	Hind Quarter. 1. Sir Loin. 2. Rump. 3. Aitch Bone. 4. Buttock. 5. Mouse do. 6. Veiny piece. 7. Thick Flank. 8. Thin do. 9. Leg.Fore Quarter. 10. Fore Rib, 5 Ribs. 11. Middle do 4 do. 12. Chuck, 3 do. 13. Shoulder, or Leg Mutton piece. 14. Brisket. 15. Clod. 16. Neck, or Sticking piece. 17. Shin. 18. Cheek.

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      The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments, so that nothing be lost. I mean fragments of time, as well as materials. Nothing should be thrown away so long as it is possible to make any use of it, however trifling that use may be; and whatever be the size of a family, every member should be employed either in earning or saving money.

      'Time is money.' For this reason, cheap as stockings are, it is good economy to knit them. Cotton and woollen yarn are both cheap; hose that are knit wear twice as long as woven ones; and they can be done at odd minutes of time, which would not be otherwise employed. Where there are children, or aged people, it is sufficient to recommend knitting, that it is an employment.

      In this point of view, patchwork is good economy. It is indeed a foolish waste of time to tear cloth into bits for the sake of arranging it anew in fantastic figures; but a large family may be kept out of idleness, and a few shillings saved, by thus using scraps of gowns, curtains, &c.

      In the country, where grain is raised, it is a good plan to teach children to prepare and braid straw for their own bonnets, and their brothers' hats.

      Where turkeys and geese are kept, handsome feather fans may as well be made by the younger members of a family, as to be bought. The sooner children are taught to turn their faculties to some account, the better for them and for their parents.

      In this country, we are apt to let children romp away their existence, till they get to be thirteen or fourteen. This is not well. It is not well for the purses and patience of parents; and it has a still worse effect on the morals and habits of the children. Begin early is the great maxim for everything in education. A child of six years old can be made useful; and should be taught to consider every day lost in which some little thing has not been done to assist others.

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