Recipe Book with Poems, Puzzles, and Stories

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[Library Title: Manuscript recipe and clippings book]
Manuscript Location
University of Delaware, Morris Library
Holding Library Call No.
MSS 0097, Item 0150
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1745
Place of Origin
United States
Date of Composition
ca. 1852-ca. 1878
Description
This anonymous mid- to late-nineteenth century American volume comprises approximately 45 pages of handwritten and pasted-in printed material. It includes numerous handwritten recipes, many suggestive of the cooking of the American South. It also includes handwritten and pasted-in home remedies, poems, puzzles, and stories.