PORK.
ROAST PIG.
SAUSAGES.
MINCE MEAT.
BEANS AND PEAS.
SOUSE.
TRIPE.
GRAVY.
POULTRY.
FRICASSEED CHICKEN, BROWN.
FRICASSEED CHICKEN, WHITE.
TO CURRY FOWL.
CHICKEN BROTH.
FISH.
PUDDINGS.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.
BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.
FLOUR OR BATTER PUDDING.
BREAD PUDDING.
RENNET PUDDING.
CUSTARD PUDDINGS.
RICE PUDDINGS.
BIRD'S NEST PUDDING.
APPLE PUDDING.
CHERRY PUDDING.
CRANBERRY PUDDING.
WHORTLEBERRY PUDDING.
PLUM PUDDING.
HASTY PUDDING.
CHEAP CUSTARDS.
COMMON PIES.
MINCE PIES.
PUMPKIN AND SQUASH PIE.
CARROT PIE.
CHERRY PIE.
WHORTLEBERRY PIE.
APPLE PIE.
CUSTARD PIE.
CRANBERRY PIE.
RHUBARB STALKS, OR PERSIAN APPLE.
PIE CRUST.
COMMON CAKES.
GINGERBREAD.
CUP CAKE.
TEA CAKE.
CIDER CAKE.
ELECTION CAKE.
SPONGE CAKE.
WEDDING CAKE.
LOAF CAKE.
CARAWAY CAKES.
DOUGH-NUTS.
PANCAKES.
FRITTERS.
SHORT CAKE.
INDIAN CAKE.
BREAD, YEAST, &c.
PRESERVES, &c.
CURRANT JELLY.
CURRANT WINE.
RASPBERRY SHRUB.
COFFEE.
CHOCOLATE.
TEA.
PICKLES.
BEER.
GENERAL MAXIMS FOR HEALTH.
HINTS TO PERSONS OF MODERATE FORTUNE
[FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE MASSACHUSETTS JOURNAL.]
FURNITURE.
EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS.
TRAVELLING AND PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
PHILOSOPHY AND CONSISTENCY.
REASONS FOR HARD TIMES.
HOW TO ENDURE POVERTY.
APPENDIX
TO THE
AMERICAN FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE.
CARVING.
INDEX.
APPENDIX.

It has become necessary to change the title of this work
to the "_American_ Frugal Housewife," because there is an
_English_ work of the same name, not adapted to the wants of
this country.

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all
the fragments, so that nothing be lost. I mean fragments of _time_,
as well as _materials_. Nothing should be thrown away so long as it
is possible to make any use of it, however trifling that use may be;
and whatever be the size of a family, every member should be employed
either in earning or saving money.

'Time is money.' For this reason, cheap as stockings are, it is good
economy to knit them. Cotton and woollen yarn are both cheap; hose
that are knit wear twice as long as woven ones; and they can be done
at odd minu