on Cookmg for the Poor. 



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APPENDIX No. IX. 



An Accoimt of an Experiment made {iinder the directio?z of the 

 Author) in the Kitchen of the House of Industry at Dublin, in 

 Cookhig for the Poor. 



MAY the 6th, 1796, a dinner was provided for 927 

 persons, of calecannon, a kind of food in great 

 repute in Ireland, composed of potatoes, boiled and 

 mashed, mixed with about one-fifth of their weight of 

 boiled greens, cut fine with sharp shovels, and seasoned 

 with butter, onions, salt, pepper, and ginger. The in- 

 gredients were boiled in a very large iron boiler of a 

 circular or rather hemispherical form, capable of con- 

 taining near 400 gallons, and remarkably thick and 

 heavy. 273 gallons of pump water were put into this 

 boiler; and the following table will show in a satis- 

 factory manner the progress and the result of the 

 experiment : — 



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