Excerpt from Home Cookery in War-Time
A charming lady, who is also a good cook and a clear writer, had promised to write for the publisher of this volume a little manual of Home Cookery in Wartime. The Red Cross called her away before the first page was written ; and I am bidden to step into the breach. For a man who is one year too old to join anything more important than a Home Defence corps, it is some consolation to try and serve his countrymen in another way. Cuisine c'est medecine, said Michelet; and good cookery is a cure for the mind's as well as the body's ills, besides being cheaper in the end.
I must explain at the outset the class of readers which will be addressed throughout the following chapters. It is silly to go angling in waters where no fish has ever been known to bite ; and I shall therefore exclude from consideration the cooks in luxurious households. Speaking broadly, the servants in great houses are the last to respond when an appeal for thrift and frugality is made. Even during sieges and famines, waste goes on in rich kitchens. I admit gladly that there are magnificent exceptions; but the sad truth remains that the servants of the wealthy are generally selfish parasites and that it would be a waste of breath to preach economy to them so long as opportunities for extravagance exist.
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