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Mrs. Catherine Russell, 1742

 Item — Volume: EN 11

Dates

  • Creation: 1742

Extent

From the Collection: 10.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Materials Specific Details

Very unusual recipes such as: orange tart or pudding, Pennyrialls pudding, pasty paste, calve's foot pye 2 ways, lamb pye 2 ways, rabbit pye, roast capon with oysters, roast calves head, collar a hoggs head, should of mutton hash, roast hare with pudding in her belly, make a venison of beef, pott pigeons, pott beef, sauce for roast mutton, oyster pye, lamb pasty, make pottage, pott mackerells, collar a pigg, pease coop, syrup of lilly flowers, tansey preserve oranges to lay in jelly, white or brown jelly, keep damasins and bullies, to make whiter meat, cakes of citterns, preserrve cherrys, preserve white damasins green, preserve white plums green, preserve currants in branches, quince cakes, make sausauges, collar of beef, scotch scollops, brown fricacie, gennett of lamb, potted mullets, draw gravie, marrow dish, a made dish, calves head hashed, farce of leg of lamb, breast of veal potted, French dish, minced pye another way, goose pie with forced meats, plumb broath, artichoake pye, lumber pye, minced pye, pickle cucumbers, pickle lamphyr, and pickle red beat.

Physical Description

This mid-18th century book with beautiful calligraphy was written in one hand. Marbled cover, pages repaired, in individual paper folders outside cover, but in the same box.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

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