[Sca-cooks] 16C English cookbooks online?

[Stefan li Rous]

Kirrily asked:
> Are there any 16th century English cookbooks or household management
> texts available online?  I looked at Cindy's list of historic cookbooks
> and didn't find any there, but perhaps someone here has some leads.

Cindy's list is the most comprehensive I know of. She looked through my
online-ckbks-msg file but found only one that was new to her, so that
file won't help you.

In looking through this file in the FOOD-BOOKS section of the Florilegium:
16thC-cookbk-bib  (11K)  3/ 2/00    A bibliography of 16th C. cookbooks.

I do find these books mentioned. However, I don't know if any of these
are online.
> ENGLISH
>
> Dawson, Th.: The good huswifes iewell. Rare deuises for conseites in
> cookerie. London (White) 1587.
>
> Furnivall, F.J. (ed.): Manners and meals in olden time (The babees book,
> Books of nurture, etc.). London 1868 (EETS 32). Reprint Woodbridge/
> Rochester 1997.
>
> Partridge, J.: The treasuries of commodious conceites and hidden
> secrets. c. 1584.
>
> Peachey, S. (ed.): The good huswifes handmaide for the kitchin [London
> 1594]. Bristol 1992.

Of course, if you would like to create a file(s) of one of these books
that is not yet on line, I'd love to consider it for the Florilegium. :-)

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