{"product_id":"the-canadian-receipt-book-melissa-mcafee-9781772441192","title":"The Canadian Receipt Book: Containing over 500 Valuable Receipts for the Farmer and the Housewife, First Published in 1867","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the time of Canadian Confederation, many Canadians were their own doctors, cooks, farmers, veterinarians, beekeepers, and even rat catchers. This survival guide, compiled fifteen decades ago, is a fascinating glimpse into Canadian life before modern conveniences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelissa McAfee's fascinating preface notes that \"receipt\" is an older term, a set of instructions not only for cooking, but also for medicine and food preservation. In \u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Receipt Book\u003c\/em\u003e, these \"receipts\" cover many tasks, some of which may be hair-raising to the modern reader: removing worms from a cow's bronchial tubes may have been as important in 1867 as knowing how to make English-style tea cakes. Recipes for lemon pudding and rice \"snow-balls\" are found in one chapter; remedies for pig leprosy and a cow's \"mad staggers\" in another. \u003cem\u003eThe Receipt Book\u003c\/em\u003e also contains business advertisements, a dizzying array from the moderately recognizable (insurance and jewellery) to the more dubious (a \"drug warehouse\" advertising \"cocoaine\" and \"liver syrup\").\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet to become a classic of early Canadian cooking and household management alongside Catherine Parr Trail, this page-turning collection reminds Canadians of the long road we have travelled in 150 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa McAfee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1772441198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772441192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rock's Mills Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Melissa McAfee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217542033663,"sku":"9781772441192","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5244c8dd-5276-4a0d-b0ff-a13764185080.jpg?v=1771997887","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-canadian-receipt-book-melissa-mcafee-9781772441192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}