Manuscript Cookbook
- [N.p.] , 1890
[N.p.], 1890. Good. [N.p.]: [ca. 1890s]. Manuscript top-bound notebook (20x9cm), removed; 70pp. of which 40pp. filled. Remnants only of additional pages to rear; general soiling; a few printed recipes from newspapers or magazines pasted in, including "Domestic Hints" secured with a nail; Good at best. We hazard an 1890s date based on the handwriting, clippings, and paper.
Desserts are the clear focus with recipes for Sponge Cake, Caramel Cake Filling, Mrs. Hesse's Dough Cake, Sunshine Cake, and Austin Cake featured, often with attributions to sources for recipes, all written in a single hand. Pies, puddings, and cookies also make appearances, though just to mix it up, corn griddles, waffles, and two recipes for salad dressing are included. Attributions to recipes, when included, are all to other women, be they cousin Martha, Lizzy, or Mrs. Burroughs or Miller. A quite rich little record of recipe sharing with an impressive commitment to the pastry arts.
Desserts are the clear focus with recipes for Sponge Cake, Caramel Cake Filling, Mrs. Hesse's Dough Cake, Sunshine Cake, and Austin Cake featured, often with attributions to sources for recipes, all written in a single hand. Pies, puddings, and cookies also make appearances, though just to mix it up, corn griddles, waffles, and two recipes for salad dressing are included. Attributions to recipes, when included, are all to other women, be they cousin Martha, Lizzy, or Mrs. Burroughs or Miller. A quite rich little record of recipe sharing with an impressive commitment to the pastry arts.