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Guide to Housekeeping for Young Women.

Cajsa Warg (born in Örebro) was a Swedish housekeeper and cookbook author. She's also one of the best-known cooks in Swedish history.

 

She left home early to be the cook and housekeeper for several powerful people in Stockholm.

In 1755, she inherited 5000 daler from her mother when she died. The same year, she published "Hjelpreda I Hushållningen För Unga Fruentimber" ("Guide to Housekeeping for Young Women") which was published in fourteen editions of which the last version was printed in 1822.

Her work was the leading cookbook for several generations and remained relevant until the late 19th century when new household goods, industrially manufactured kitchen stoves and changes in cuisine made most of its recipes outdated.

 

Daler (Thaler) was an international coin and coinage system based on a given silver content used primarily in Europe.

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