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nomifyle

nomifyle

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My copy of this book just came today. It was originally published around 1850. The content is amazing in that it's so comprehensive and detailed. There is a lot of meat used in recipes. Might be hard to come by if the current trends continue.

I was looking at the recipe for cabbage soup and after the recipe she details all about cabbage.

The only down side it the print is small. I usually wear bifocal readers, but switched to just readers and that helped.

I also got Mrs Beeton's Garden Management today, I have had her cookbook for several years.

God is good all the time

Judy
 
Tigerlily

Tigerlily

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I just tried this wonderful cabbage soup in the last week. Everyone loves it!
www.allrecipes.com

Russian Cabbage Borscht

Red cabbage and beets are slowly stewed with sauteed onions, caraway seeds, potatoes, carrots, celery, and dill weed. Cider vinegar, honey, and tomato puree provide additional depth of flavor to this recipe originally handed down from an elderly Turkish woman.
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Barry Natchitoches

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nomifyle said:
My copy of this book just came today. It was originally published around 1850. The content is amazing in that it's so comprehensive and detailed. There is a lot of meat used in recipes. Might be hard to come by if the current trends continue.

I was looking at the recipe for cabbage soup and after the recipe she details all about cabbage.

The only down side it the print is small. I usually wear bifocal readers, but switched to just readers and that helped.

I also got Mrs Beeton's Garden Management today, I have had her cookbook for several years.

God is good all the time

Judy
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is the book available in kindle format?
 
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summerthyme

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Barry Natchitoches said:
is the book available in kindle format?
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Yep, it is...

Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management: The 1861 Classic with Advice on Cooking, Cleaning, Childrearing, Entertaining, and More - Kindle edition by Beeton, Isabella, Chrisman, Sarah A.. Crafts, Hobbies & Home Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management: The 1861 Classic with Advice on Cooking, Cleaning, Childrearing, Entertaining, and More - Kindle edition by Beeton, Isabella, Chrisman, Sarah A.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks...
www.amazon.com

Summerthyme
 
Freeholder

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Would be a good idea to have hard copies of material like this. For instance, I have almost 2,000 books downloaded onto my Fire tablet; as long as they aren't revoked by Amazon, they'll stay there. But, I have to keep the tablet charged up; I have the means to do that, for as long as they work, but they won't last forever. I figure 5-10 years max, for all my solar equipment except possibly the big 100 watt panel.

And, of course, Amazon can pull material at any time. At present, it's rare, but it does happen.

Kathleen
 
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summerthyme

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Freeholder said:
Would be a good idea to have hard copies of material like this. For instance, I have almost 2,000 books downloaded onto my Fire tablet; as long as they aren't revoked by Amazon, they'll stay there. But, I have to keep the tablet charged up; I have the means to do that, for as long as they work, but they won't last forever. I figure 5-10 years max, for all my solar equipment except possibly the big 100 watt panel.

And, of course, Amazon can pull material at any time. At present, it's rare, but it does happen.

Kathleen
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Another consideration... I discovered you *can't* read Kindle books using the App on a non-Fire device unless the internet is working! I recently bought a new Fire solely to use as my "library" if things get hinky, although I hate Kindle's as a device with a passion! But the Kindle App on my Samsung tablet is worthless when the net is down.

Summerthyme
 
Freeholder

Freeholder

This too shall pass.
summerthyme said:
Another consideration... I discovered you *can't* read Kindle books using the App on a non-Fire device unless the internet is working! I recently bought a new Fire solely to use as my "library" if things get hinky, although I hate Kindle's as a device with a passion! But the Kindle App on my Samsung tablet is worthless when the net is down.

Summerthyme
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I'll have to check and see if I can read the books I've downloaded to my desktop, then, too. I have only saved a few that way, because it's a headache.

Kathleen
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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I prefer having a hard copy because of issues with the books are not available unless you have internet. And amazon can pull books that you have already paid for. I did have to download Alas, Babylon to my kindle app because I could not get my reading lamp adjusted right.
My very first kindle was not internet necessary. I need to see if it still works.

God is good all the time

Judy
 
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John Deere Girl

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nomifyle said:
My copy of this book just came today. It was originally published around 1850. The content is amazing in that it's so comprehensive and detailed. There is a lot of meat used in recipes. Might be hard to come by if the current trends continue.

I was looking at the recipe for cabbage soup and after the recipe she details all about cabbage.

The only down side it the print is small. I usually wear bifocal readers, but switched to just readers and that helped.

I also got Mrs Beeton's Garden Management today, I have had her cookbook for several years.

God is good all the time

Judy
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I just bought this book. Very cool, thanks for recommending it!
 
lonestar09

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summerthyme said:
Another consideration... I discovered you *can't* read Kindle books using the App on a non-Fire device unless the internet is working! I recently bought a new Fire solely to use as my "library" if things get hinky, although I hate Kindle's as a device with a passion! But the Kindle App on my Samsung tablet is worthless when the net is down.

Summerthyme
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Have you looked at calibre-ebook.com website? You can change the format of ebooks and not need an internet connection.
 
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Snettrecker

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nomifyle said:
My copy of this book just came today. It was originally published around 1850. The content is amazing in that it's so comprehensive and detailed. There is a lot of meat used in recipes. Might be hard to come by if the current trends continue.

I was looking at the recipe for cabbage soup and after the recipe she details all about cabbage.

The only down side it the print is small. I usually wear bifocal readers, but switched to just readers and that helped.

I also got Mrs Beeton's Garden Management today, I have had her cookbook for several years.

God is good all the time

Judy
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Did you find an unabridged version. The Amazon one is abridged and from reviews, missing a lot of stuff. Thanks
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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Snettrecker said:
Did you find an unabridged version. The Amazon one is abridged and from reviews, missing a lot of stuff. Thanks
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The Kindle book is condensed, missing. The hard copy is 1100 pages. The kindle book even less than half that many, but it will give an over view of the actual book.

God is good all the time

Judy
 
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Snettrecker

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The Amazon one says it's 320 pages. That's for the printed option. Maybe they're just lumping them all in with the Kindle version though.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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The Book of Household Management: Abridged edition (Oxford World's Classics) - Kindle edition by Beeton, Isabella. Crafts, Hobbies & Home Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

The Book of Household Management: Abridged edition (Oxford World's Classics) - Kindle edition by Beeton, Isabella. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Book of Household Management...
www.amazon.com

I just found this on Amazon

However, I cannot find where I ordered the hard copy of the book, sorry

Judy
 
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Wildwood

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This one seems to be complete and huge according to reviews. The reviews for the kindle version weren't good. There are several versions of the book on Amazon but this one says:

Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management: A Specially Enlarged First Edition Facsimile/07542 Hardcover – January 1, 1983
It has 1152 pages

Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management: A Specially Enlarged First Edition Facsimile/07542: Beeton, Mrs Isabella: 9780907486183: Amazon.com: Books

Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management: A Specially Enlarged First Edition Facsimile/07542 [Beeton, Mrs Isabella] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management: A Specially Enlarged First Edition Facsimile/07542
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Wildwood

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I'd love to get it but I don't have room for one more thing and I already have a couple that may be similar that are based on 1800's southern country home keeping. Still gonna put it on my wish list.
 
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summerthyme said:
Another consideration... I discovered you *can't* read Kindle books using the App on a non-Fire device unless the internet is working! I recently bought a new Fire solely to use as my "library" if things get hinky, although I hate Kindle's as a device with a passion! But the Kindle App on my Samsung tablet is worthless when the net is down.

Summerthyme
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My Kindle app works fine on my Android tablet with no internet, as long as the books are downloaded to the device. :shr:
 
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