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Title: The accomplisht cook
or, The art & mystery of cookery

Author: Robert May

Release Date: September 28, 2007 [EBook #22790]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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THE
Accomplisht Cook,
OR THE
ART & MYSTERY
OF
COOKERY.

Wherein the whole ART is revealed in a
more easie and perfect Method,
than hath been publisht in any language.

Expert and ready Ways for the Dressing
of all Sorts of FLESH, FOWL, and FISH,
with variety of SAUCES proper for each of them;
and how to raise all manner of _Pastes_;
the best Directions for all sorts of _Kickshaws_,
also the _Terms_ of _CARVING_ and _SEWING_.

An exact account of all _Dishes_ for all _Seasons_
of the Year, with other _A-la-mode Curiosities_.

The Fifth Edition, with large Additions
throughout the whole work:
besides two hundred Figures of several Forms
for all manner of bak'd Meats,
(either Flesh, or Fish)
as, Pyes Tarts, Custards; Cheesecakes,
and Florentines, placed in Tables,
and directed to the Pages they appertain to.

Approved by the fifty five Years
Experience and Industry of _ROBERT MAY_;
in his Attendance on several Persons of great Honour.

_London_, Printed for _Obadiah Blagrave_
at the _Bear_ and _Star_
in St. _Pauls Church-Yard_, 1685.

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_CONTENTS_

[Added by transcriber using author's section headings.]

Directions for the order of carving Fowl.

Bills of Fare for every Season in the Year

SECTION I:
Perfect Directions for the A-la-mode Ways of dressing all manner
of Boyled Meats, with their several sauces, &c.

To make