Excerpt from The Professed Cook, or the Modern Art of Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary, Made Plain and Easy: Consisting of the Most Approved Methods in the French as Well as English Cookery Terms ofigookei'y, See. The French cook'( how far this may pleafe him) Will lol'e nothing by the Perufal, asvery few are thoroughly acquainted with theivvhole, and will.help the Memory to great Advantage: There is [till Room in Abundance for thofe who have.under flanding, and Inclination for-improvement. To the Complete 00a, the Author has alfo added Co'urac tionary which I have been more particularly exact, as knowing it to be very much wanted among Englilh Servants. Ladies who delight in the profitable Amufement of making their own Sweet-meats, and houfe-keepers, whofe Bufinefs it is in molt Families in England, will find it of very great Utility, not only for the Number. Of different Receipts, but the par ticular Methods of preparing the Sugar, by3 which they will fave the Trouble and Expence of renewing their Summer's Work in Winter, as the Sugar being prepared according to the Method laid down in this Book, will keep the Sweet-meats of any Kind in their proper Colours and Goodnefs for Years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.