Recollections of a HousekeeperApplewood Books, 2008 - 160 páginas Catherine Gilman's 1834 work provides a picture of domestic life and manners in New England. Claiming to take as her source the mingled results of observation and experience, Gilman's work provides insight into the life of a homemaker in nineteenth-century New England and is the precursor to her later Recollections of a Southern Matron. Taken as a pair, the two works provide insight into the regional differences in domestic economy between the North and the South in antebellum America. |
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... Polly the raisins to pick . " We don't put so much milk as that ere in puddins , " said Nancy , eying me keenly . My mother had taught me culinary arts with great care , and I felt on strong ground while I defended my quantity of milk ...
... Polly the raisins to pick . " We don't put so much milk as that ere in puddins , " said Nancy , eying me keenly . My mother had taught me culinary arts with great care , and I felt on strong ground while I defended my quantity of milk ...
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... Polly and I had to go to cooking in good earnest . My husband turned off the affair , when his tem- per was cooled , with a very pleasant grace , and as I placed the before - mentioned steak on the gridiron , exclaimed , " Haste hither ...
... Polly and I had to go to cooking in good earnest . My husband turned off the affair , when his tem- per was cooled , with a very pleasant grace , and as I placed the before - mentioned steak on the gridiron , exclaimed , " Haste hither ...
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... Polly , enjoying the joke , trudged after with the potatoes . Still we felt that there was an effort in all this , and when my husband looked at me for the first time alone , at his table , he perceived that the kitchen fire , added to ...
... Polly , enjoying the joke , trudged after with the potatoes . Still we felt that there was an effort in all this , and when my husband looked at me for the first time alone , at his table , he perceived that the kitchen fire , added to ...
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... sheer curiosity , anticipated little Polly in going to the door . " Is Mrs. Packard within ? " said the lady . 66 No , ma'am , " said Cinda , with great prompt- ness , " but you'd better come in and set 36 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... sheer curiosity , anticipated little Polly in going to the door . " Is Mrs. Packard within ? " said the lady . 66 No , ma'am , " said Cinda , with great prompt- ness , " but you'd better come in and set 36 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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... Polly had by this time become familiar with my arrangements , and with occasional assistance was strong enough to engage in carrying them out . • But Lucy drooped daily , struggling on ; I was often obliged to take her work from her ...
... Polly had by this time become familiar with my arrangements , and with occasional assistance was strong enough to engage in carrying them out . • But Lucy drooped daily , struggling on ; I was often obliged to take her work from her ...
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