Description: Amazing and rare first edition, 1882, in good pre-owned condition considering it's age and use! 141 years old! While doing my research, I only found two other copies that are near this age. One is being sold by Abe Books, and is a fifth edition and missing pages. The second is in the library of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It is definitely a scarce and very interesting glimpse into the Swedish immigration in the late 1800s. The cover and edge along the spine do show signs of wear, as well as many smudges and scuffs on the covers. Please look at all of the photos as they are part of the description. I'm always happy to answer any questions or send more photos prior to purchase, as I do not accept returns. Super quick shipping. This book will be insured. F3 Description from WordPress: The 1882 Svensk-amerikansk kokbok : samt rdgivare fr svenskt tjenstefolk i Amerika, bearbetad och utgifven af C. Gd. (Swedish-American cookbook: as well as advisor for Swedish servants in America, processed and published by C. Gd,) had a long life. We know of further editions in 1888, 1890, 1893, 1901, and 1923. The 1882 edition carries advertisements in both English and Swedish for an employment agency in New York (where the vast majority of immigrants landed) owned by Carl Grimskld (presumably the C. Gd of the byline.) The ads address different audiences, however. The one in English is clearly addressed to prospective employers, as it reads First Class Employment Agency for Swedish, English, German, and French Male and Female Servants for all Capacities I can give my patrons advantages in selecting help, that they cannot obtain elsewhere. This is the only ad in English in the book, but by its presence it suggests that some English-speakers were expected to be amongst the readers. The one in Swedish is addressed to new immigrants, specifically those in need of work as domestics. In translation (courtesy of Anita Anderson) it says. Women who are looking for places in New York, may find same by applying to Carl Grimsklds office, where there are always situations for cooks, housemaids, nannies, cleaners, waiters, washerwomen, and ladies maids, with salaries from $10 to $50 a month. Men as well as women workers should, as soon as they arrive in New York, come to my house, where they will receive the best lodging and food, while they choose jobs. Other travelers can avail themselves of room and board at the cheapest prices during their stay in New York. CARL GRIMSKLD Employment office 154 East 29th Street, New York City At the end of the book, besides the Swedish and English index there is a chapter of Hushllsordres (domestic orders) with the Swedish and English for sentences an employer might say to a domestic worker, side-by-side. They cover a variety of household positions, mirroring those advertised. For the servant for general house-work we find Give me the pan and I will show you how to cook oatmeal and You shall keep your own room in as good order as the other rooms. For the nurse there is The baby shall have a bath every evening at 7 oclock and The waiter doesnt understand the children, you know. The cook, washer, and ironer may be told You need not iron the wash today or Tomorrow we give dinner for 20 persons. The housemaid may hear Always bring fresh water before breakfast or You can go to church in the afternoon but must be home at a quarter to ten. For the more specialized housemaid and seamstress there is When you are at liberty, play with the children and I suppose you can cut and fit a dress? The waiter is informed The first thing you do, is to look after the furnace and You have to take off the mustache (He is, however, allowed to keep his side-whiskers and goatee.) And the coachman may be told We take a drive through Central Park or Mr. John and Miss Bessys saddlehorses should be saddled at a quarter to seven in the morning when it is clear weather. It is tempting to think that these give us a glimpse into typical interactions and expectations. Its not certain, however, how this section would have been used. Would the employer have pointed out sentences so the employee could read the translation? Would either have tried to pronounce the sentence in the others language? Was it meant as an aid for the immigrant to learn the immediately relevant English, that demanded by their employment? There is also a section on furniture and utensils with Swedish and English names opposite one another in columns. The index gives the English terms after the Swedish ones, and is set up for use by the Swedish speaker, with headings alphabetical by the Swedish terms, which suggests that the main user the author had in mind would be the immigrant employee. The English, while clear, has awkward constructions and other infelicities that suggest the writer or translator was not fluent, and possibly that the Swedish was written first and then translated. The recipes in the book are, for the most part, typical of those you found in other late nineteenth century American cookbooks: to broil a shad, Brunswick stew, green corn fritters, maple sugar biscuit, pone, Delmonico-pudding, and steamed and baked Indian puddings. Many recipes sport American names such as Hartford election cake, Connecticut cake, Goshen-cake, Federal cake, Rochester jelly cake, Washington pie, and Wisconsin cake. Some are also attributed to American locales, for instance Clam Soup (Hartford) or Stufvad fisk (Astoria) (literally stewed fish, but the English is a very nice chowder.) Occasionally, information is added to the Swedish title of the recipe, to orient the Swedish-language reader. For instance, we find Sally Lunn (Frukostkaka) (breakfast cake) and West Point-kornbrod (Kadetter) (cadets.) In some cases the recipes are attributed by name, such as Swedish plumpudding (Mary Hkanson) There are a number of recipes identified as being Swedish in origin, in some sections grouped together, but in others scattered amongst the American recipes.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Stockholm
Language: Swedish
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: C. G-D.
Publisher: A. L. Normans Printing Co.
Topic: Cooking
Country/Region of Manufacture: Sweden
Subject: Cooking
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1882
