{"product_id":"the-country-housewifes-book","title":"The Country Housewife’s Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 360px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/80_The_Country_Housewife.jpg?v=1593110641\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e216pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155707\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subtitle of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Country Housewife's Book \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1934) is \u003cem\u003eHow to Make the Most of Country Produce and Country Fare\u003c\/em\u003e: like \u003cstrong\u003eGood Food on the Aga\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Persephone book no.45, which is a useful and inspiring cookbook even for those who do not have an Aga, this is a fascinating and important book even for the town-dweller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are eight chapters, each beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Mary Gardiner: the first is ‘A General Survey of Storeroom and Larder’, then comes ‘Garden and Orchard Fruits’ (which tells you the best time to pick fruit, what size it should be and how to bottle it, and how to preserve fruit as jam and jelly). The next chapter is about using garden produce and is full of useful suggestions that marrows should be planted to ramble over an arch and how to grow sorrel and salsify. Chapter IV is about milk and eggs (cream and butter-making, lemon curd, eggnog for colds) and Chapter V is called ‘The Sportsman’s Bag’ and has tips and recipes for pigeon pie and game soup and salmon trout.  Then there is a chapter on herbs – drying them, using them for medicinal purposes. The penultimate chapter on ‘Hobbies of the Country Housewife’ may be less useful to those of us who do not want to skin rabbits or use fowl feathers, but there are some good tips on how to deal both with unwanted insects and ‘the mischievous mouse’ and the ‘unpaid helpers of the country housewife’ such as ladybirds.  To end with there are special country-house recipes such as ‘household bread’ and crème brulée. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Country Housewife’s Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was recommended to us by the owner of a working farm in Kent who said that she uses it all the time (even though it was first published nearly a hundred years ago).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e'Spring' 1933, CPA Design, Calico Printers for Warner \u0026amp; Sons, Braintree\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eDrawing by Rex Whistler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lucy H Yates","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098786517299,"sku":"ila1789694695002","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098786550067,"sku":"hhu1789694695003","price":31.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098786582835,"sku":"cfv1789694695004","price":33.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098786615603,"sku":"aju1789694695005","price":51.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/the-country-housewifes-book_1.jpg?v=1789694700","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/the-country-housewifes-book","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}