Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management: The 1861 Classic with Advice on Cooking, Cleaning, Childrearing, Entertaining, and More Cover
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Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management The 1861 Classic with Advice on Cooking, Cleaning, Childrearing, Entertaining, and More

Isabella Beeton

Originally published as 24 newspaper columns from 1859 to 1861, Beeton wrote, “As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so is it with the mistress of a house.” Running an extravagant household was a monumental task and a responsibility not to be taken lightly. It meant sup...

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It was mentioned as a cookbook from Victorian England that featured a recipe for the toast sandwich, which was a simple sandwich with two slices of buttered bread and a piece of dry toast in the middle.

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And she, um, came up with a couple good ones, a good couple of good contributions. One is the toast sandwich and it's exactly what it sounds like.

— Episode: Toast: As in browned bread

Episode: Toast: As in browned bread

It was mentioned as a cookbook from Victorian England that featured a recipe for the toast sandwich, which was a simple sandwich with two slices of buttered bread and a piece of dry toast in the middle.

"

And she, um, came up with a couple good ones, a good couple of good contributions. One is the toast sandwich and it's exactly what it sounds like.

It's like the Blues Brothers wish sandwich. Do you remember that?

Yeah. It's like the bread would be buttered and everybody calmed down, but it was just dry toast in the middle.

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