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Title

Recipe book :

Authors

• Mason, Mary B

Call number

Ms. Codex 797
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9927063723503681
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2706372

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Origin

Date

1800-1843

Place

United States

Summary

Comprised chiefly of culinary recipes from the middle Atlantic region of the United States with recipes for rock fish, shad, sturgeon, crabs, and oysters, as well as recipes for preparing wild ducks, meats, pickles, preserves, cakes and biscuits, keeklings, puddings, floating island, small beer, and cider wine. Of particular interest is a detailed recipe for making portable soup and "Philadelphia receipt for cream cheese." Section near the end has recipes for dyes and dyeing using natural materials. Recipes are attributed to Mrs. Armistead, Mrs. Heath, Mrs. Pollard, Mrs. Turberville, Mrs. Taliaferro, Mrs. Grimwell, Cousin Nelly Alexander and others.

Notes

• Dates 1838 and 1843 on last 3 leaves of volume, most recipes are probably earlier in date.
   
• Place name Mount Airy occurs in several recipes.
   
• Written in several hands in ink.
   
• First leaf detached, edges brittle.
   
• Pages 155-210 are detached and were added and sewn into the binding, a similar section may be missing at the front.
   
• Burn mark on lower outside edge affects the text in only a few places.
   
• Note laid in volume: "If you dont hear from me, return this book to my sister in law Miss Mary C. Mason, 2212 N. Calvert St. Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Mary B. Mason."
   

Extent

1 volume (102 leaves) : 20 cm

Foliation

ii ff. [index], pp. 19-210, iv ff. [index and a few recipes], in ink in contemporary hand.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary half leather with boards, missing front cover.

Provenance

• Provenance: Mary B. Mason.
   
• Sold by Cornucopia (Brattleboro, Vt.), 1999.
   

Subjects topical

• Cookery, American
• Dyes and dyeing
• Wine and wine making

Genres

• Codices
• Cookbooks
• Recipes
• Manuscripts, American--19th century
• Manuscripts, Digital

Licenses

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