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[Cookbook] Grizelda Hart, 1823

 Item — Volume: US 62

Dates

  • Creation: 1823

Extent

From the Collection: 10.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Materials Specific Details

48 pages on which 17pages are accomplished in a richly dark ink and an intentionally impressive handwriting.

Recipes for Pickling Walnuts, Muffins, Butter Biscuit, Sugar Cakes, Almonds, Puff Paste, Sponge Cake, Jumbles, Lemon Pudding, Measure Cake, Loaf Cake, Sponge Cake, Gingerbread, Apple Jelly, Cream Cake, Composition Cake, Light Gingerbread, Blackberry Cordial, Pickling Tomatoes, Washington Cakes, Johnny Cake, Cure for the Quinsy, and Carminative Rhubarb.

Laid in is a recipe clipped from a newspaper for Blackberry Syrup .For a portion of these recipes the author wrote out titles in thick, bold, prominently inked letters and one effect is that the graphic product displays attractively. Though the instructions are typically brief and cursory, some of the assemblages of ingredients exemplify a native American culinary slant - the rhubarb, for example, which becomes infused with cardamom and saffron and French brandy.

Includes printed description from when the archives purchased, with price.

Materials Specific Details

One signature 3 hole pamphlet. Paper covers, possibly marbled, most of color rubbed off.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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