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Receipts for cooking

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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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A volume bound in black cloth comprising culinary recipes written by an unnamed author in England in 1865. Recipes include biscuits, cakes, catsups, fish dishes, marmalades, meat dishes, preserves, puddings, sauces, syrups, vinegars, and wines. Highlights include Bath, Brighton, captain, chocolate, fruit, and Italian biscuits; bride, gingerbread, gooseberry, Madeira, queen, sultana, and Yarmouth cakes; lobster and shrimp pots; Canterbury, Clifton, and honeycomb puddings; Adelaide sandwiches; blancmanges; mushroom powder; salad dressing; and ginger, Imperial, orange, and raspberry wines. Medicinal recipes for coughs and heartburn are included. Recipes are written in the first third of the volume. The remainder is blank except for two pages of quotations at the end of the volume. One first page: Receipts for cooking.

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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