A New System of Domestic Cookery

A proper quantity of household articles should be always ready, and m o r e bought in before t h e others be consumed, to prevent inconvenience, especially in the c o u n t r y .

A bill of parcels and receipts slipuld be r e q u i r ed, even if t h e m o n e y be paid at the t i m e of p u r chase ; and, to avoid mistakes, let the goods be compared with these w h e n b r o u g h t h o m e .

T h o u g h it is very disagreeable to suspect any one's honesty, and perhaps mistakes have been unintentional, yet it is p r u d e n t to w e i g h jneat, sugars, &c. when b r o u g h t in, and c o m p a r e with the charge. T h e b u t c h e r should be ordered to send the weight with the meat, and t h e cook to file these checks, to be e x a m i n e d w h e n the weekly bill shall be delivered.

A ticket should be given by the cook for each loaf, which will, on return, give the n u m b e r to be paid for.

T h u s regularly conducted, t h e exact state of m o n e y affairs will be known with ease ; for it is delay of p a y m e n t that occasions confusion.

Accounts should be regularly kept, and not t h e smallest articles omitted to be e n t e r e d ; and if balanced every week and m o n t h , the income and outgoings will be ascertained with facility, and t h e i r proportions to other be duly observed. S o m e people approve of k e e p i n g in separate p u r s e s the m o ney for different purposes, as domestic articles, clothes, pocket, education of children, &c.

W h i c h e v e r way accounts be kept, s o m e certain m e t h o d should be adopted and strictly adhered to.

M a n y families have owed their prosperity full as m u c h to the conduct and propriety of female m a n a g e m e n t , as to the knowledge and activity of t h e lather.