Manuscript Location

University of Virginia Library, Special Collections

Place of Origin

United States ➔ Virginia

Date of Composition

ca. 1850-ca. 1890

Description

The Taylor Family recipe books comprise three separate volumes. Two of the volumes are approximately 40 pages in length, and one is approximately 200 pages. The books are not dated, but they appear to be have been compiled during the second half of the nineteenth century. The recipes are relatively lengthy and detailed. All are written in ink, in one hand, except for some at the end of the longer  recipe book, which are in several different hands. The books are part of the library's Taylor family papers, which are on microfilm. The recipe books appear near the end of the reel, under "Box Four."

Recipe book 1: Begins with recipes for dyestuffs, "Method for Making Soap", Liniment, Lip Salve, Blue Wash, tinctures, Cure for Whooping Cough, cough, for cold for young children

Recipe book 2: To make yellow pickle; To pickle cherries; To Pickle Peaches; To Pickle Walnuts; To Pickle Yellow Pepper; To pickle 50 melons; Walnut [Catched]; To pickle Onion; Bacon; To bake Sturgeon; Bitters (Mrs. Nelson); New York Cake; Ginger Bread; Plain Biscuits; Pudding Puffs; [...] pan cakes; Tomatoe Soup; Walnut Catsup; Crab Soup; Oyster Soup; Beer; Sweet Potatoe pudding; Best fruit cake; [Wafers]

Recipe book 3: Crumpets; Muffins; Sally Lunn; Waffles without eggs; Waffles; Rice waffles; Pickles (German pickle); Pickle vinegar; Cabbage pickle; Vinegar; Currant wine; Ginger cakes; Taylor cakes; Green tomato pickle; Tomato catsup; Tomato catsup*; Peach mangoes (first rate); Yellow Pickle; Okra Gumbo; Onion pickle (first rate); [...] Pickle Susan D. Watson; Mixture for cleaning silver Sausage meat; To put up butter; Sauce; Pastry; New York Ginger bread; [...] Eggs Pudding; Cocoa nut pudding; Apple Pudding; Sugar cakes; [...] pudding; The best & no. 1 Sponge cake; Strawberry Syrup; Blackberry wine; Syrup to put up Peaches; Molasses Pudding; Plain batter pudding; Fruit Cake; Icing; Pine Chemical Soap; Cheap Paint; Cherry or Plum pudding; Stuffing for Duck; Saratoga Rolls; Yorkshire Cakes; Crumpets; Muffins; Sally Lunn; Waffles without eggs; Waffles; Rice Waffles; German Pickle; Pickle Vinegar; Cabbage Pickle; Green Tomatoe pickle; Tomatoe Catsup; Peach mangoes; Yellow Pickles; Onion Pickle; To pickle walnuts; To make green pickle cucumbers; Green pickles; Stuffing for 40 mangoes; To pickle damsons; Sauce; New York ginger bread; Alum Springs pudding; Apple pudding; Citron Pudding; Sponge Cake; Molasses Pudding; Fruit Cake; Icing; Cherry or Plum pudding; Quick Muffins; Stale bread fritters; Batter bread; Soda Cakes (Birthday); Boiled Pudding; Mrs Dr Watson's Boiled Pudding; Burnt Sugar Custard; Yellow Sweet Meats; Crackers; Dried apple pudding; Hard sauce; To Cure Beef; To put away Butter; To keep eggs; Birds nest pudding; Baked apple pudding; Cocoanut Pudding; Rice pudding; Sponge Cake Pudding; Sugar Pudding; Light-biscuit; To put up fruit in cans; Brandy peaches; Black Bean Soup; To make Jelly from Gelatine; Pound cake; Potatoe Pudding; Custard Pudding; [...] Soup; Stuffing for Ducks; Strawberry Jelly; Cucumber Castup; Soup of a lamb's head, hocks, [...]; Lemon cordial; Merengue pudding; Canterberry Pudding; Citron Cake; Petersburg Pastry; To make cake for Jelly Cake; Composition Cake; Blackberry Cordial; Salsafy Soup, or Mock Oyster; Loaf Bread; Green Sweet Meats; [...] Salad; Cheese Cakes; Mrs. [...]'s Cabbage Pickle; Lemon Pudding; Lexington Slaw; Dewberry Cordial; First rate Ginger cakes; English Plum Pudding; Blackberry wine; Rice waffles; Pound Cake; To make Yeast; Vanilla Ice; Strawberry Cakes; Cheese cakes; Risen Ginger Bread or Black Cake; Thin Wafers; Vinegar; Mrs S. [...]; Mrs. F. Minor's Lard; Sausage Meat; Grape Wine; Hollande Pudding; Mince with bread crumbs; Mince with Potatoes; Stewed Tongue; Walnut Catsup; Pepper Sauce; Spanish Sauce; Butter Sponge Cake; Chocolate Blanc Mange; Tomatoe Leather; Buns; Soft-Custard; Flannel Cakes; Preserve Pudding; Apple Pudding; Hot [...]; Soda Pudding; Chicken Salad; Robert E. Lee Jelly Cake; Dixie Pudding; Marenge; [Troy] Pudding; To mix mustard; Blackberry Wine; Tomato Catsup; Syrup to put up peaches; Whortleberry pudding; Sherbert; Cup cake; Carrageen or Irish Moss Blancmange; Float; Apple Float; Receipt for making Jelly [...]; Queen of Puddings; Silver Cake; Gold Cake; To Preserve Peaches; To make custard; Sponge cake; Yeast; Green Tomato Pickle; Chicken Soup; To make jelly without boiling; Tomato pickle; Mr. H[...]'s waffles; Fruit Cake (Edge Hill); Salad Dressing; Gelatine Jelly; Salt for salting hams; Mrs Henry Taylor's Lettuce Dressing; To clean [...]; To colour flowers; To clean silver; To clean marble; First rate white wash; Premium white wash; Blacking; To dress a sheep skin with the wool on; Prescription for a teething child 2 years old; Tar Ointment; Cough mixture; [Recipe for young children with cold]; Cure for Itch; To wash with [...] Soap