The Compleat Housewife
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The Compleat Housewife; or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion is a cookery book written by Eliza Smith and first published in London in 1727. It became popular, running through 18 editions in fifty
Frontispiece and title page of 14th edition, 1750
Recipe for battalia pye from Eliza Smith's The Compleat Housewife, 9th edition, 1739
Recipe "To Promote Breeding"
Ketchup
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Ketchup or catsup is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor.
A glass dish of tomato ketchup
Blue Label Tomato Ketchup advertisement, Curtice Brothers, 1898
Homemade mushroom ketchup in a plastic tub
Tomato ketchup and other condiments