Another Mrs Beeton recipe: Carrot soup with rice

Post published:November 14, 2014
Post category:History Misc.
Reading time:2 mins read

Since I last cooked from my c.1938 copy of Mrs Beeton's Household Management, I've wanted to try another recipe. I marked out a few contenders that didn't necessitate sourcing a pheasant or a sheep's head, and today's lunch was: Carrot Soup with Rice. Here's the recipe: Ingredients - 2 pints of white…

Mrs Beeton, and a recipe

Post published:October 18, 2014
Post category:History Reading
Reading time:4 mins read

A couple of months ago I stumbled upon my dream book in a secondhand book store. Despite the name, Mrs Beeton's Household Management isn't my dream book because I yearn for the upper echelons of hausfrauness or anything. I discovered an older version of the book in 2008, and since…

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