Manuscript Location

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts

Place of Origin

England ➔ Derbyshire

Date of Composition

1815-1842

Description

This recipe book was compiled between the years 1815 and 1842, by a unknown individual who likely lived in Derbyshire, a county in central England. Written from the front of the oblong notebook are 74 consecutively numbered pages of culinary recipes, preceded by a table of contents listing each recipe, its attribution, and its page number. Written from the back of the notebook going toward the center are 38 consecutively numbered pages of medical and household recipes, also with a table of contents.

The culinary recipes cover beverages, breads, broths, cakes (savory and sweet), cheeses, jellies, meat dishes, pickled foods, puddings, and savory pies. Include are potted and toasted meats, bachelor's pudding, Irish brown bread pudding, 100 pound pudding, carrot pudding, flummery, cream cheese, Italian cheese, eel pies, treacle beer, and cheap soup for the poor. The household formulas address cleaning tables, dyeing silk, destroying moths, making velvet paints, and washing lace. Almost all the recipes have attributions, including Broughton Benjamin Pegge Burnell, Elizabeth Pigot, Dr. John Hollis Pigot, Margaret Pigot, Mrs. W. Beecher, [cookbook author Elizabeth?] Raffald, and Lord Harbro's [Harborough's?] cook.