The American Housewife: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The American Housewife, credited to Anonymous, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The American Housewife, by Anonymous This cookbook and reference guide leads the American Housewife through how to make everything from Meat to Common Drinks, as well as helpful tips and tricks for any housewife! Also included in this fine text are sections on Cooking for The Sick, and how to make your own: Essences, Perfumes, Dyes and Soaps. This work also features an extensive section on The Art of Carving-Which covers anything you might need to carve! (Summary by Jennifer Stearns

Recording facts

• Recording title: The American Housewife
• Author credits: Anonymous
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 5:57:34

Catalogue topics

• Audiobooks,cookery
• housewife

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 00 - Preface — 3:34
2. 01 - Meat Part 1 — 17:09
3. 02 - Meat Part 2 — 16:15
4. 03 - Meat Pies — 7:18
5. 04 - Gravies & Sauces — 13:05
6. 05 - Soups & Various Methods of Cooking Eggs — 9:00
7. 06 - Fish — 17:25
8. 07 - Vegetables — 15:07
9. 08 - Pickles — 10:19
10. 09 - Bread & Biscuit — 12:17
11. 10 - Hot Cakes — 8:01
12. 11 - Sweet Cakes Part 1 — 15:50
13. 12 - Sweet Cakes Part 2 — 15:59
14. 13 - Trifles, Blanc Manges & Creams — 8:25
15. 14 - Pastry & Pies — 20:22
16. 15 - Custards — 5:00
17. 16 - Puddings — 19:33
18. 17 - Fritters and Dumplings & Syrups — 7:50
19. 18 - Sweetmeats — 18:11
20. 19 - Jellies — 6:30
21. 20 - Common Drinks — 16:32
22. 21 - Essences, Perfumery, & Cookery for the Sick — 15:01
23. 22 - Miscellaneous Receipts Relative to Housewifery — 14:22
24. 23 - Misc, Receipts Relevant to Housewifery Part 2 — 14:31

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