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Field name | Value |
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Reference | XX codex MSS 151 |
Library/Archive | Michigan State University |
Title | Receipt book |
Author/Creator | Hodges, Frances |
Date | 1834 |
Collection | Manuscript Cookbooks |
Document Type | Manuscript Cookbook; Domestic Cookbook |
Theme | Food Preparation; Food and Identity |
Subjects | cooking techniques recipes vegetables animal products seafood game curing spices British Imperial cookery fruit grain baking desserts canning and preserving commodity: cheese pickling commodity: sugar condiments wine wine making liquors beverages alcoholic beverages commodity: ham commodity: bacon beer housework household |
Cuisine | English cuisine |
Description | Handwritten recipes and index. Recipes include: green pea soup, salt beef for hanging, rice dumplings, lemon cheesecake, rice cakes, sugar vinegar etc. |
Countries | United Kingdom |
Places | Canterbury Kent |
Additional Information | Manuscript cookbook from Canterbury, Kent, England. "The recipes, 450 in all, are both generic and unique to their locale. There is also a 'universal fish table' or seasonal calendar for 23 varieties of fish, and a 10-page index arranged by category: fish, puddings, pies and cakes, pickles, wine, sauces, 'made dishes' &c.&c. Just a few of many unusual recipes: pigeons in a hole; to turtelize calves head; everlasting syllabub; Isinglass flummery; to candy angelica; artificial ape's milk; black butter; and many more. Also 10 pages devoted to wine and beer. A good many recipes are identified, Mrs. Hodges being the most frequent contributor, but also, for example, 'Mr. Hamilton, Barham Court' (a suburb of Canterbury); 'Mrs. Halford, Paddock' (an estate in Canterbury) and so on." (From bookseller's catalog.) |
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