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MY TABLE AT HOME
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MY TABLE AT HOME

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Ingredients

  • ten persons
  • 1 emblematical woodcut iv a turkey
  • one half
  • half dissected xxiv mutton
  • six jelly moulds

Directions

1

Plain joints, 637--649

2

Soups, 652--656

3

Fish, 656--660

4

Fresh-water fish, 660--662

5

Simple hors-d’œuvres, 663

6

Removes simplified, 664--672

7

Sauces, 673--675

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Economical made dishes, 676--687

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Economical made dishes from poultry, 688--691

10

Game, 692--695

11

Meat pies and puddings, 696

12

SECOND COURSE, 698--701

13

Jellies of liqueurs or spirits, 702

14

Bohemian jelly cream, 703--710

15

MISCELLANEOUS.

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Dedication to H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, iii

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List of distinguished Personages who have patronized the work, v

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Preface, vii

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Preface to the Fourth Edition, ix

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Description of the composition of this work, xi

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Soyer’s new mode of carving, xiv

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Directions for carving, xv

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How to carve a haunch of venison, xviii

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Saddleback of venison, xix

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Carving of poultry, xx

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Soyer’s Tendon Separator, xxi

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Directions for larding, xxv

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Meat and poultry, xxvi

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Fish, xxvii

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Vegetables and fruit, ib.

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How everything should be in cooking, xxviii

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Braised roast turkey, capon, or fowl, xxx

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AMATEUR RECEIPTS--Ris de Veau aux Pistaches à la Dr. Roots, ib. Potage froid, ou Salade à la Dr. Roots, ib. Roast Swan à la Norwich, xxxi Cock a Leekie à la Wemyss, ib.

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Bouquet de Gibier, or Sporting Nosegay, xxxii

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Olive Branch between France and England, xxxiii

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Number of stewpans and other utensils required, xxxiv

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Service pagodatique, 606

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Table of the wealthy and bill of fare for ten persons, 607

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Dîner Lucullusian à la Sampayo, 608

40

Bill of fare for the same, 609

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Dialogue culinaire, 611

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Description of the kitchen of the Reform Club, and plan, 613

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Reference to the plan, 614

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Kitchen of the Reform Club, 615--629

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My kitchen at home, 630--632

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The bachelor’s kitchen and cottage kitchen, 633

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Dinner party at home, 634

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Receipts, 637--710

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Coffee, 711

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Monster bill of fare, 712

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Pagodatique entrée dish, 713

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Celestial and terrestrial cream of Great Britain, 719

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General table of contents } Madame Soyer’s biography } at the end of Criticisms of the press } the book.

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ENGRAVINGS.

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Portrait of the Author 1

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Emblematical woodcut iv

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A Turkey, prepared according to M. Soyer’s new plan xvi

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Carving a haunch of venison xviii

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Carving of poultry xxi

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The Tendon Separator xxiii

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Fowl--one half with the flesh on, and the other half dissected xxiv

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Mutton, pork, and lamb cutlets 294

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Table of the wealthy 607

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Kitchen of the Reform Club 612

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Ground plan of ditto 614

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Fifteen engravings representing the fitting-up of the kitchen of the wealthy 610 to 629

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Ground plan of my kitchen at home 632

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The bachelor’s and the cottage kitchen 634

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My table at home 635

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Saddle-back of mutton 644

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A new mutton cutlet 677

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Pagodatique entrée dish 714

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Dindonneau à la Nelson, Poularde en diadème, Galantine à la volière, Salade de grouse à la Soyer, Mayonnaise de homard, Croustades of bread for the centre of removes, Croustade for filet de bœuf, Croustades for poularde en diadème, Croustades for turkey à la Nelson, Gateau Britannique, Crême Cerito sultane sylphe à la fille de l’orage, Six jelly moulds, and the Atelettes for Flancs, Removes, &c. 720

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Portrait of Madame Soyer, Biography at the end of the book.

By Alexis Soyer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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