The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens.

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The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens.
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Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.
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London :: printed for T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London Bridge,
1677.
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Subject terms
Cookery -- Early works to 1800.
Canning and preserving -- Early works to 1800.
House cleaning -- Early works to 1800.
Beauty, Personal -- Early works to 1800.
Women -- Education -- Early works to 1800.
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"The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66839.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.

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To make Sawces for Roast or Boyled Salmon.

1. Take the Gravy of the Salmon, or Oy∣ster Liquor boyled up thick with beaten Butter, Claret Wine, Nutmeg, and some slices of Orange.

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2. Gravy of the Salmon, Butter, Juice of Orange or Lemon, Sugar and Cinnamon, beat up the same with Butter pretty thick, dish up the Salmon, pour on the sawce and lay on it slices of Lemon.

3. Beaten Butter with slices of Orange or Lemon, or the Juice of them, or Grape Verjuice and Nutmeg.

4. Gravy of the Salmon, two or three Cloves dissolved in it, grated Numeg and grated Bread, beat up thick with Butter, the yolk of an Egg, or slices of Orange wih the juice of it.

I should give you now some directions for dressing of Flesh and Fish, but you will find that more properly set down, in my directions to Cook-Maids

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