The Book of Household Management
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Mrs. Isabella Beeton
"Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate bestseller, running to millions of copies within just a few years. In the cookery sections, Mrs. Beeton follows the animal "from his birth to his appearance on the table.” Learn how to care for poultry during moulting season, how to wean calves, how to cure hams, salt cod, carve mutton, and much more. (Summary by Wikipedia and Sarah Jennings) (58 hr 15 min)
Chapters
004 - Chapter 3. Arrangement and Economy of the Kitchen. Part 1.
36:21
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
005 - Chapter 3. Arrangement and Economy of the Kitchen. Part 2.
22:17
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
019 - Chapter 9. Sauces, Pickles, Gravies, and Forcemeats. General Remarks.
7:56
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
066 - Chapter 28. General Observations on Creams, Jellies, Souffles, Omelets, a…
6:30
Read by Stacy Mannion
072 - Chapter 30. General Observations on Preserves, Confectionery, Ices, and D…
20:23
Read by Wyndelyn
077 - Chapter 32. General Observations on Milk, Butter, Cheese, and Eggs.
14:27
Read by Katie Gibboney
099 - The Rearing and Management of Children, and Diseases of Infancy and Child…
16:37
Read by Sarah Jennings
100 - The Rearing and Management of Children, and Diseases of Infancy and Child…
32:59
Read by Sarah Jennings
101 - The Rearing and Management of Children, and Diseases of Infancy and Child…
30:07
Read by Sarah Jennings
102 - The Rearing and Management of Children, and Diseases of Infancy and Child…
30:17
Read by Sarah Jennings
Bewertungen
A lazy 21st C. housewife's dream come true
Vivia
Someone to read Mrs. Beeton to me! Now if LibriVox just did windows you'd be absolutely perfect.
pretty good
Nettiepie
I enjoyed listening to this book a lot, though some of the readers were not all that easy to understand
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the reader for chapter 10 part 2.. is terrible!! not even 5 min in and I may have to skip over completely because all I am hearing is the noise she makes at the end of every word. it's killing me
boring :-( :-( :-( :-(
miss smiley
not very good.