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The American Frugal Housewife
The American Frugal Housewife
Author: Lydia Maria Child
Along with simply written recipes for roasting a pig and preparing corned beef, hasty pudding, carrot pie, buffalo tongue, and scores of other dishes, this fascinating book, with its lively and direct style, also offered 19th-century readers suggestions for treating chilblains and dysentery, cleaning white kid gloves, educating one’s daugh...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780486408408
ISBN-10: 048640840X
Publication Date: 6/7/1999
Pages: 130
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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First published in 1832, this fascinating book was a "must" for every bride of the mid-1800s, it will delight todays homemakers and nostalgia enthusiasts with its charming glimpse into the homes of the past.
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