The American Stranger's Guide to London and Liverpool at Table: How to Dine and Order a Dinner, and where to Avoid Dining, with Practical Hints to Butlers and Cooks : to which is Appended the Royal Yacht Squadron Steward's Manual, and Receipts with Truisms for the MillionLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1859 - 68 sider |
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Side 7
... clear soup ; the freshest fish of the day ( for it ought to be an invariable rule never to order any particular fish , but to name what is preferred , leaving it to the fishmonger to send the latest arrival from the sea - side ) ; a ...
... clear soup ; the freshest fish of the day ( for it ought to be an invariable rule never to order any particular fish , but to name what is preferred , leaving it to the fishmonger to send the latest arrival from the sea - side ) ; a ...
Side 10
... clear of any mortgage debt , and the annual income was secured for ever . In course of time the coffee - room was given up . The Library has cost £ 20,000 , and contains many rare books , while the reading room is quite equal to that of ...
... clear of any mortgage debt , and the annual income was secured for ever . In course of time the coffee - room was given up . The Library has cost £ 20,000 , and contains many rare books , while the reading room is quite equal to that of ...
Side 18
... clear soup is handed round , nothing on the table except flowers and preserved fruits in old Dresden baskets , a bill of fare placed next to every person , salmon or turbot with Dutch sauces , or a portion of red mullet with Cardinal ...
... clear soup is handed round , nothing on the table except flowers and preserved fruits in old Dresden baskets , a bill of fare placed next to every person , salmon or turbot with Dutch sauces , or a portion of red mullet with Cardinal ...
Side 26
... clear soup , the best fish of the day , a joint , or game , ought to suffice . At Greenwich , Blackwall , or Richmond , forbid soup and the second courses , confining yourself at the two former places to white bait and fresh water fish ...
... clear soup , the best fish of the day , a joint , or game , ought to suffice . At Greenwich , Blackwall , or Richmond , forbid soup and the second courses , confining yourself at the two former places to white bait and fresh water fish ...
Side 31
... addicted to ; and as the order of serving is clearly indicated , any inadvertent omission on the part of the servants may with propriety be rectified by the guests calling for the wine in the due order LONDON AND LIVERPOOL AT TABLE . 31.
... addicted to ; and as the order of serving is clearly indicated , any inadvertent omission on the part of the servants may with propriety be rectified by the guests calling for the wine in the due order LONDON AND LIVERPOOL AT TABLE . 31.
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agreeable anchovy Archimedean screw Athenæum banquet beef Beefsteak Club boiled bottle brown cayenne Cayenne pepper champagne cherry brandy chicken claret clear soup Club cold cook curry powder cutlets DESSERT dine dish eggs English entrées Entremets fish flavour give glass of sherry gravy guests half a pint handed round herbs house dinner Iluma JOHN BAYLEY keep kitchen ladies lemon Liverpool LIVERPOOL AT TABLE London Lord meat minutes Moselle mushroom mustard mutton never nutmeg onions ounces of butter oysters party patés pepper pieces plate port wine pounded punster Rice and Curry Royal ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON salad salt Sauterne season servants served sideboard SIR JOHN BAYLEY slices Soyer sprig of verbena steak stew stewpan stirring strain and ice sugar sweet basil Tarragon taste tea spoonful three table spoonfuls thyme toast vases Wenham Lake wine young nettles
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Side 60 - Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time enough, always proves little enough...
Side 64 - Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true, we may give Advice, but we cannot give Conduct...
Side 61 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Side 11 - ... comfort as a private dwelling. Every member is a master without any of the trouble of a master. He can come when he pleases, and stay away as long as he pleases, without anything going wrong. He has the command of regular servants without having to pay or to manage them. He can have whatever meal or refreshment he wants, at all hours, and served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house. He orders just what he pleases, having no interest to think of but his own. In short, it is impossible...
Side 62 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'tis day and will never be night, that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding.
Side 61 - He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Side 6 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Side 63 - Gain may be temporary and uncertain, but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain; and it is easier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel, as Poor Richard says; so Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt.
Side 60 - He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night...
Side 63 - Always taking out of the Meal-Tub and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom; then, as Poor Dick says, When the Well's dry they know the Worth of Water. But this they might have known before, if they had taken his Advice. If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing...