Of Roasting, Boiling, &c.

That prosess’d Cooks will find Fault with touching upon a Branch of Cookery which they never thought worth their Notice, is what I expect: However, this I know, it is the most necessary Part of it; and few Servants there are, that know how to Roast and Boil to Perfection.

I don’t pretend to teach prosess’d Cooks, but my Design is to instruct the Ignorant and Unlearned (which will likewise be of great Use in all private Families) and in so plain and full a Manner, that the most illeterate and ignorant Person, who can but read, will know how to do every Thing in Cookery well.