Produced by Julia Miller, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) The transcriber trusts that the reader will not take any of the advice offered in this text. [Illustration: _Mrs. Eaton._ BUNGAY. _Published by J. & R. Childs._] _THE_ _Cook and Housekeeper's_ Complete & Universal Dictionary Including _A system of Modern Cookery in all its various Branches,_ adapted to the use of Private Families. _Also a variety of Original & Valuable Information._ _RELATIVE TO_ _Baking Brewing Carving Cleaning Collaring Curing Economy of Bees ---- of a Dairy Economy of Poultry Family Medicine Gardening Home-made Wines Pickling Potting Preserving Rules of Health_ And every other Subject connected with Domestic Economy. BY MRS. MARY EATON. BUNGAY. _Printed & Published by J. & R. Childs_ 1822. THE COOK AND HOUSEKEEPER'S COMPLETE AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY; INCLUDING A SYSTEM OF MODERN COOKERY, IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES, ADAPTED TO THE USE OF _PRIVATE FAMILIES_: ALSO A VARIETY OF ORIGINAL AND VALUABLE INFORMATION. RELATIVE TO BAKING, BREWING, CARVING, CLEANING, COLLARING, CURING, ECONOMY OF BEES, ---- OF A DAIRY, ECONOMY OF POULTRY, FAMILY MEDICINE, GARDENING, HOME-MADE WINES, PICKLING, POTTING, PRESERVING, RULES OF HEALTH, AND EVERY OTHER SUBJECT CONNECTED WITH DOMESTIC ECONOMY. BY MRS. MARY EATON. _EMBELLISHED WITH ENGRAVINGS._ BUNGAY: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. AND R. CHILDS. 1823. INTRODUCTION. NOTHING is more obvious, than that experience purchased by the sacrifice of independence is bought at too dear a rate. Yet this is the only consolation which remains to many females, while sitting on the ashes of a ruined fortune, and piercing themselves with the recollection of the numerous imprudencies into which they have been led, simply for the want of better information. Not because there is any want of valuable publications, for in the present age they abound; but rather because they contain such a variety of superfluous articles, and are too indiscriminate to become generally useful. A young female, just returned from the hymeneal altar, is ready to exclaim on the first perusal, as the philosopher did who visited the metropolis, 'How many things are here which I do not want!' The volume when purchased is often found to contain what is only or chiefly adapted to those who live in "king's houses," or "who fare sumptuously every day."