The good housekeeper, or the way to live well, and to be well while we live. Containing directions for choosing and preparing food, in regard to health, economy, and taste... 1839 [Leather Bound]

by Sarah Josepha Hale

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150 pages, Leather Bound

First published August 11, 2015

About the author

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale was an American writer and an influential editor. She is the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". She famously campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving, and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.

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Reviews

[Susanna Ives]

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[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't even remember which book I read that referenced this book and caused me to add it to my To Read list. It was written in the late 1830s and is mostly a cookbook full of recipes and a couple of short chapters on housekeeping at the end. It really was a fascinating glimpse into the past when most women were solely responsible for (and their sole responsibilities were) running a household. A lot of the instructions for cooking and preserving food are similar to generally health and cleanliness rules that we follow today, but are completely based on nonscientific reasons for doing so. Irish girls were thought very little of with some very offensive references to them and the author absolutely hated "meat pies." The author herself was actually a very influential woman. She penned the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and is largely responsible for spreading the popularity of the Thanksgiving holiday from New England across the whole country and making it a National Holiday. The main thing I got out of this book was insight into what it was like to survive in the 18th century - it took an incredible amount of work to feed oneself and family and I think it's just something we can't even imagine today with all the conveniences that are at our fingertips. For example, you had to check over your flour to make sure there were no bones or plaster of paris mixed in to make it seem like you're getting more (what?!). I'm very interested in this time period and this was a very insightful look into a popular, long-ago era. I'm also feeling inspired to learn more about the woman who wrote it.