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Dr. Chase's Recipes, Or, Information For Everybody - Softcover

Alvin Wood Chase

 
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Dr. Chase's Recipes, Or, Information For Everybody: An Invaluable Collection Of About Eight Hundred Practical Recipes For Merchants, Grocers, Saloon-Keepers, Physicians, Druggists. And Families Generally : To Which Have Been Added A Ratiional Treatment Of Pleurisy, Inflammation Of The Lungs, by Alvin Wood Chase. This 19th-century American domestic reference compiles a vast range of practical knowledge for households, merchants, and tradespeople: a dense blend of cookbook, housecraft manual, and practical handbook designed to promote self-sufficiency, thrift, and reliable home production. It covers domestic cooking and baking, food preservation and canning, sauces and flavorings, and economical pantry management; as well as household chemistry, dyes, paints, cements, and glues; simple tools and machinery; and a medical department with home remedies and educational essays. The volume also includes departments for merchants, saloons, and trades, plus financial miscellany and an extensive glossary. The work promotes industry, careful budgeting, and moral improvement for a broad audience in 1860s America.

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ISBN 10:  1247337472 ISBN 13:  9781247337470
Publisher: Nabu Press, 2011
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