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Recipe and Medicinal Remedy Book, 1860-1868 ; [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?] (M-4674.1)

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Volume : Recipe 1860-1868
Abstract:
Single volume book (97 pages), containing many cake recipes (French, sponge, fruit, measure, cream of tartar, Federal) and other desserts (baked Indian pudding, jumbles, soft and Exeter gingerbreads, doughnuts, jelly, lemon pies and pudding, French puffs, cottage pudding, fritters). Savory dishes include buttermilk cakes, cornbread, brown bread, oyster patties, cod fish cakes, pastry, spiced oysters, batter pudding, tomato butter, mock lobster, and minced meat. The volume also includes directions for the maintenance of a home (mend china, kill bed bugs, whitewash, cheap paint, clean silk). Medicinal remedies are present for conditions such as frosted feet, bruise relief, sunburn removal, hydrophobia, wound treatment, hoarseness, felons, colds, bronchitis, chilblains, catarrh, cholera, diphtheria, and boils. Also, directions to make tincture of benzoin ("virgin's milk") to pale complexion. Listings for washing women and other doers of odd jobs are found at the end of the book. A fancy meal diagram is featured on two page spread. Mentions of an American Agriculturist subscription, with several citations throughout.

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