Tried Favourites Cookery Book With Household Hints and Other Useful Information

Kirk, Mrs E. W.

Published by J. B. Fairgrieve & Co., Edinburgh, 1929

About this Item

314 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. A classic cookery book from Mrs E.W. Kirk full of recipes for many different meals and ailments. Milk soup, mock turtle soup, jellied tongue, gateau of meat, hashed venison, marshmallows, and many more recipes prelude a large collection of household tips about damp beds, fur cleaning, curing sheepskin, and washing all different sorts of materials. This edition is also dotted with advertisements from the time. Ovaltine Tonic Food Beverage claims to build up the brain, nerve and body while Coult s Hair Tonic claims "a delightfully fresh and fragrant preparation; very pleasant to use, and invaluable for removing dandruff and promoting growth of hair". Binding is loose, minor foxing. Blue cloth covered boards. Good.

Seller Inventory # 3252

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tried Favourites Cookery Book With Household Hints and Other Useful Information
• Publisher: J. B. Fairgrieve & Co., Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Twenty Second and Enlarged Edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • ERA::20TH CENTURY::1920-1929
  • REGION::EUROPE::WESTERN EUROPE
  • FOOD AND DRINK::COOKING::
  • FOOD AND DRINK::COOKING::REFERENCE
  • HEALTH::NUTRITION