Cookbook, Likely English, ca. 1760-1800

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[Library Title: Handwritten Cookbook, Like from English, Circa 1760-1800]
Manuscript Location
Ohio State University, Thompson Library Rare Books
Holding Library Call No.
SPEC.RARE.MMS.0331
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1814
Place of Origin
England
Date of Composition
1760-1800
Description
The library believes that this anonymous cookbook was likely compiled in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. The book contains thirty-five recipes for food and drink, including gingerbread, small beer, sausage "meet," butter pudding, and various pungent condiments called "ketchups." The handwriting is full of flourishes  The edges of of the leaves are burnt.