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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206

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Rebound volume comprised of culinary recipes by and unknown author from England written around 1851. Recipes include biscuits, cakes, creams, icings, jellies, marmalades, meat dishes, puddings, sauces, scones, and soups. Highlights include gravy soup, mock turtle soup, and soup a l'Italian; Albert, amber, Charlotte, fig, muffin, and soda puddings; bride or christening cake and gingerbread cake; grape and scotch marmalade; arrowroot blancmange; fritters; junket; horseradish sauce; Oxford pudding; and potato scones. Medicinal recipes for burns and cholera are in the volume. A few household recipes for cement, cleaning pastes, and clear soap are included. The recipes are written in two hands. A brief table of contents is on the first two pages of the volume. Label on inside back cover: The binding mimics the original ... rebound 1996.

Sold by Ken Spelman Books (York, England), 2018.

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University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Finding Aid Author
Donna Brandolisio
Finding Aid Date
February 2019
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Recipe book, circa 1851.
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