Excerpt from The Housekeeper's Friend: A Collection of Tested Recipes for the Preparation of Daily and Occasional Dishes In making this collection we have endeavored to present only those recipes known to be trustworthy. Originality is not claimed for them, but they are given as those which are in practical use by the donors and are valuable for this reason. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.