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Victorian Pepper Uses
From 'The Dictionary of Daily Wants' - 1859
PEPPER, USES AND PROPERTIES OF. - Peppers are of various kinds, but have
nearly the same properties in modified degrees. Those used chiefly in Europe are the
black and white pepper.
Domestic pepper is one of the most wholesome and useful of spices.
With persons in ordinary health, it has the effect of stimulating the stomach gently to
the performance of its functions; and is peculiarly serviceable to persons who are of
cold habit, or who suffer from a weak digestion. But in inflammatory habits, and
where affections of the mucous membrane exist, its effects are highly injurious.
As a medicine, it is often serviceable in nausea, vomiting,
chronic diarrhoea, and .
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Victorian Cookery: Recipes and History
by Maggie Black
With more than 30 recipes covering the whole range of Victorian society, this book gives a fascinating insight into the way food was prepared and enjoyed by our ancestors.
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Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
by Isabella Beeton
A founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Household Management is today one of
the great unread classics. To the modern reader expecting stuffy moralizing and watery
vegetables, Beeton's book is a revelation: it ranges widely across the foods of
Europe and beyond, actively embracing new foodstuffs and techniques, mixing domestic
advice with discussions of science, religion, class, industrialism and gender roles.
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