". . . Containing, amongst other practical and tried recipes, many old Cape, Indian, and Malay dishes and preserves: also directions for polishing furniture, cleaning silk etc, and a collection of home remedies in case of sickness"
Printed and published in England, this is an attractive copy of the most popular South African recipe book in use in English during the ten years before and the ten years after the Anglo-Boer War. This copy comes from 1908.
In her charming and helpful introduction (the old question remains: "Do I, a cook, really want to sell this book?"), Hilda writes: "A few blank pages have been left at the end of each letter of the alphabet, in which the owner of this little 'Where Is It?' can enter any new recipes she or he may come across, and think worth preserving." In a fine hand, an early owner (probably A Higginson, who may have acquired the book in Salisbury, Rhodesia, on 24 January 1912) used more than twenty of these pages for her own recipes, including Boston Bread, Cherry Brandy, Bechamel Sauce, Lemon Curd, Lemon Syrup and Lemon Cheese, Green Grenadilla Preserve and Xmas Pudding ("if this pudding is made with unsifted boerenmeal, it will not keep for any length of time").
The overall condition is very good, and even the pencil-holder, an extension of the cover cloth into the back paste-down, is still intact.
- Binding Condition: Good+
- Overall Condition: Good+
- Size: 190 x 130
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
