Manuscript Location

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Place of Origin

England ➔ Yorkshire ➔ Rippon

Date of Composition

1833

Description

This 146-page cookbook belonged to Elizabeth Hodgson, wife of Marmaduke Hodgson and mother of Elizabeth Hodgson Whitaker. Elizabeth Hodgson's home, Breckamore, was located near the Yorkshire town of Ripon, one of the oldest towns in England. Marmaduke Hodgson died in 1834, Elizabeth Hodgson in 1859, and their daughter in 1884. 

The index lists 289 recipes: Apple desserts (6); Apricot (2); Barley Water; Beef (2); Biscuits (3); Bitters; Blancmange; Custard (4); Bread (4); Buttered Eggs; Butter melted; Cakes (6); Calf' (3); Celery (2); Cheese (5); Cheesecake (3); Cherry wine; Chocolate drops; Cottage puddings; Cowslip wine; Cranberries; Cream apple; Cream cheese; Cream desserts (5); Crust for pies; Cucumber; Cura'cao; Curds (2); Currants (4); Curry (3); Damsons; Dutch flummery; Elderflower Wine; Fish (3); Fondu; Forcemeats; Fowl legs; Fricasee (2); Fritters (2); Gingerbread (3); Ginger beer / wine (2); Gooseberry (5); Green pea soup; Grouse; Hare (3); Harraicot mutton; Imitation Curacao; Jellies (6); Ketchup (2); Lemon (9); Lobster (3); Macaroni (2); Mock turtle (2); Mushrooms (3); Mutton (4); Onions (2); Oranges (4); Oysters (3); Peas (2); Pickles (10); Pies (8); Pigeons (3); Potted meats and fish (6); Preserves (8); Puddings (11); Raspberries (3); Rice (2); Rissoles; Sago; Salmon; Sausages; Sauces (9); Souffles (2); Soup (8); Spinach; Stews (9); Steaks (4); Syllabubs; Trifle; Veal (4); Vinegar (2); Walnuts (2); Wine (6); Potatoes Yeast