The complete Indian housekeeper & cook : giving the duties of mistress and servants, the general management of the house, and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches / by F.A. Steel & G. Gardiner.

  • Steel, Flora Annie Webster, 1847-1929.
Date:
1909
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Credit: The complete Indian housekeeper & cook : giving the duties of mistress and servants, the general management of the house, and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches / by F.A. Steel & G. Gardiner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    these days of High Schools and University Extensions. At the same time, even men are often woefully at a loss how to set about making a detailed record of expenditure, and to help such as find this a difficulty, one of the authors1 2 3 4 appends a series of forms, which she has used for years with perfect ease and success. Form A should be ruled in a foolscap folio of not less than thirty-three lines to a page, so that the whole accounts of one month can be entered in one opening—that is to say, in the two pages opposite one another ; the totals of each head- ing showing, of course, on the bottom line, and so giving the monthly expenditure on each item. For convenience’ sake it is a good plan to have the inventories of all household property, such as glass, linen, &c., entered at the end of this book. The number of columns in Form A may seem alarm- ing, but it has been designed with the view of rendering all other daily record unnecessary. As every household differs in some detail, and every mistress may have some special fact she may wish to record, we advise that beginners should only rule one or two openings after the pattern given, which can then be modified if necessary; the idea being to keep all cash payments close to the daily total. The general account Form B is to be made up monthly, and every item of receipt and expenditure, either direct or through a bank, must show in it. In order to facilitate the final yoarly account, which is to show for future guide and reference the total yearly expenditure in the different depart- ments, it is necessary to group the receipts and expenditure under different headings. Five will be found sufficient for receipts, and each of these is distinguished in the entries by a letter, or letters, thus— 1. I’. Pay, and fixed income of all kinds. 2. T. Travelling or other special allowance. 3. S. Stock sold (see also under Expenditure). 4. B. Borrowed (i.e. loans repaid or moneys advanced brought into account). !). M Miscellaneous. In Expenditure sixteen heads seem necessary, but these 1 G. G.