The art of cookery, made plain and easy
by Hannah Glasse · first published 1747
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I recently read and was amazed that ”The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy“ by Hannah Glasse, published in 1747 was a best seller around the English speaking world for over a hundred years. “We had emancipated ourselves from the sceptre of King George, but that of Hannah Glasse…
on “A Database of Historical Cookbooks” ↗> a gritty gruel of salty flakes coated with the oleic pall of margarine. Yuck; you're supposed to use milk, and butter. > Hannah Glasse’s procedure published in 1747 in The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy is, minus the long s’s, still just about how I make them today:[with real potatoes, milk and butter]: Exactly.
on “My Father's Instant Mashed Potatoes” ↗