Working Class Family

The Industrial Revolution was a turning point throughout the world. The transformation from hand-made products to new factories made production cheaper and faster to produce. The demand to work in these factories led to the emerges of the working class. Many of these families desired to progressive themselves economically and socially and seek guidance through etiquette books such as A Plain Cookery Book for Working Class or The Book of Household Managements. These sources written by upper elite writers, gave guidance to working class families on how to cook and maintain an Industrial good health, family and home. For instance, in the A Plain Cookery Book for Working passage Francatelli, encouraged his audience to invest in cooking equipment’s like a cooking stove to make their meals. Most of the recipes, were meant to serve large households and to last a decent amount of time. During this time working class families work very long hours and saving time was important. Most of these foods were starch base products such as oatmeal, potatoes or rice, since working class could affordable these ingredient. In The Book of Household Managements, Beeton mentioned, that the importance of a household cook in families. The cook, provided the balance of the household and if the food was not properly prepared then everything at home will be devastated. If for instance the cook did not know how to do her duties the lady of the household would teach her, however only to a limited extend. Beeton, also mention the emergence of new ideas in involving …show more content…
Even if the families were working class they can still apply these skills in order to have a modest and respectful household and success at home. With the fast pace of the Industrial Revolution, everything surrounded the nucleus family in the 19th century was also fast as a well. These ideas, made the household seems like a fast pace working