The American Frugal Housewife

The American Frugal Housewife

Author: Lydia Maria Child

Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing

Published: 2023-07-12

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13:

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"The American Frugal Housewife" by Lydia Maria Child is a practical guidebook for women managing households in 19th-century America. Considered one of the first domestic manuals of its kind, the book offers a wealth of advice on frugality, resourcefulness, and the efficient management of household affairs. Written during a time when the economic landscape was challenging for many families, Child's book provides valuable insights and strategies for maximizing limited resources. From budgeting and meal planning to home remedies and household organization, "The American Frugal Housewife" offers practical tips and time-tested wisdom for running a thrifty and well-managed household. Child's writing style is engaging and accessible, making the book widely popular among a diverse range of readers. She addresses a broad spectrum of topics, including cooking, cleaning, gardening, child-rearing, and even personal hygiene. The book's emphasis on self-sufficiency and prudent spending resonates with readers, both past and present, who seek practical solutions for economic challenges. While "The American Frugal Housewife" serves as a guide to domestic management, it also reflects the broader social and economic realities of its time. Child's emphasis on frugality and self-reliance aligns with the values of early American society, which placed a premium on hard work, thrift, and practicality. Even though written over a century ago, "The American Frugal Housewife" still offers valuable insights and inspiration for individuals seeking to lead more economical and sustainable lives. Its enduring relevance makes it a timeless resource for those interested in the history of domestic life and the pursuit of practical wisdom for managing a household.


The American Frugal Housewife

The American Frugal Housewife

Author: Lydia Maria Child

Publisher:

Published: 2020-03-09

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9789389614008

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The American Frugal Housewife: Dedicated To Those Who Are Not Ashamed Of Economy. This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!


The Frugal Housewife

The Frugal Housewife

Author: Susannah Carter

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2013-04-16

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 144942869X

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The Frugal Housewife, or Complete Woman Cook was the only cookbook published in the United States during the 50-year period before publication of American Cookery by Amelia Simmons—the first truly American cookbook. Originally published in the United Kingdom, Susannah Carter’s work was hugely successful, and after achieving best-seller status in that market, it was published for an American audience. Again, it was well-received, this time by colonial housewives. The first American printing actually included plates engraved by Paul Revere. The Frugal Housewife contains a fascinating array of recipes including: Baked Indian Pudding, Eel Pie, Peach Sweetmeats, Maple Beer, Method of Destroying the Putrid Smell which Meat Acquires during Hot Weather, and Spruce Beer out of Shed Spruce. The cookbook and author Carter are credited with influencing author Amelia Simmons, who wrote the first American-specific cookbook, but the The Frugal Housewife, or Complete Woman Cook is historically significant in its own worth as well for its recipes, social information, and time period when it was published. Later US editions included some Americanization for New World ingredients and methods. This edition of The Frugal Housewife, or Complete Woman Cook was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the Society is a research library documenting the life of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The Society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection includes approximately 1,100 volumes.


American Cookery

American Cookery

Author: Amelia Simmons

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2012-10-16

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1449423981

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This eighteenth century kitchen reference is the first cookbook published in the U.S. with recipes using local ingredients for American cooks. Named by the Library of Congress as one of the eighty-eight “Books That Shaped America,” American Cookery was the first cookbook by an American author published in the United States. Until its publication, cookbooks used by American colonists were British. As author Amelia Simmons states, the recipes here were “adapted to this country,” reflecting the fact that American cooks had learned to prepare meals using ingredients found in North America. This cookbook reveals the rich variety of food colonial Americans used, their tastes, cooking and eating habits, and even their rich, down-to-earth language. Bringing together English cooking methods with truly American products, American Cookery contains the first known printed recipes substituting American maize for English oats; the recipe for Johnny Cake is the first printed version using cornmeal; and there is also the first known recipe for turkey. Another innovation was Simmons’s use of pearlash—a staple in colonial households as a leavening agent in dough, which eventually led to the development of modern baking powders. A culinary classic, American Cookery is a landmark in the history of American cooking. “Thus, twenty years after the political upheaval of the American Revolution of 1776, a second revolution—a culinary revolution—occurred with the publication of a cookbook by an American for Americans.” —Jan Longone, curator of American Culinary History, University of Michigan This facsimile edition of Amelia Simmons's American Cookery was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, founded in 1812.


The American Frugal Housewife

The American Frugal Housewife

Author: Lydia Maria Child

Publisher:

Published: 2020-03-20

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13:

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An ox's gall will set any color, -silk, cotton, or woollen. I have seen the colors of calico, which faded at one washing, fixed by it. Where one lives near a slaughterhouse, it is worth while to buy cheap, fading goods, and set them in this way. The gall can be bought for a few cents. Get out all the liquid, and cork it up in a large phial. One large spoonful of this in a gallon of warm water is sufficient. This is likewise excellent for taking out spots from bombazine, bombazet, &c. After being washed in this, they look about as well as when new. It must be thoroughly stirred into the water, and not put upon the cloth. It is used without soap. After being washed in this, cloth which you want to clean should be washed in warm suds, without using soap.


The American Frugal Housewife: by Lydia Maria Francis Child - Illustrated

The American Frugal Housewife: by Lydia Maria Francis Child - Illustrated

Author: Lydia Child

Publisher:

Published: 2016-12-10

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781976036033

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The American Frugal Housewife... First published in 1828, Lydia Maria Child's The American Frugal Housewife was an extremely popular nineteenth-century manual for homemakers. Interesting recipes and remedies, advice on parenting and the myriad responsibilities of housekeeping are all put forth in straightforward, no-nonsense, Yankee prose. From 1832-1845, this popular book went through thirty-two editions. DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY TODAY! Download now to learn the secrets of The American Frugal Housewife. Scroll to the top of the page and select the buy now button. Discount For A Limited Time Only!