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I have come across a book
"Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management"
This was written in 1861. If we ate like this now we would be as big as a horse, and it's no wonder that their life expectancy was about half that of ours now. Remember that this is ONE meal for Six persons.
Appetisans
Puree of Wood Pigeon.............2 1/2 pints
Red Mullet..............................6 fish
Chaufroid of Chicken..............1 dish
Lamb Cutlets..........................1 dish
Duckling.................................2 birds
Green Peas...........................1 peck
Vanilla Souffle..........................1
Marbled jelly...........................1
Vegetables with joint. potatoes...1 peck
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Kent, I've looked at this post several times! It's beyond me that they ate all this in one sitting!
I bet that's one cool book, however! I recall a book written to be an homemaker's guide. It was so funny! A woman was a slave to the kitchen! Thank goodness, those days have changed!