New England Recipe Book

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[Library Title: New England manuscript recipe book [circa 1860]-[1900]]

Manuscript Location
Duke University, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
300
Place of Origin
United States
Date of Composition
circa 1860-1900
Description
This book is in two parts: an original section, in a single hand, which includes an index, and later additions, some laid in, many of which bear the recipe's source and date. The recipes are typical of the second half of the nineteenth century. Most of them concern baked goods and desserts. Among the recipes are rice coquettes, chow-chow, Delmonico pudding, cranberry pudding, Thanksgiving cake, maple ice cream, and corn muffins. The library's blog contains a post on the book's recipe for maple ice cream, which can be accessed here: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2015/11/20/19th-century-maple-ice-cream-rubenstein-library-test-kitchen/