Mary Smith recipe book : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Smith, Mary, active 1845, compiler.

Contributor:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, English.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Cookbooks.

Recipes.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Alastor Rare Books, Ltd. (East Cowes, England), 2021.

Physical Description:

1 volume (40 leaves) : 15 x 10 cm

Production:

England, 1845.

Summary:

This volume is bound in a marbled paper wrapper, contains 43 culinary and household recipes, and was written and compiled by Mary Smith in England starting on March 22, 1845. Examples of recipes in this volume include, a pillaw [pilaf] (p. 1), gingerbread loaf (p. 6), apples à la frangipane (p. 8), Wellington fancy (p. 11), cola pudding (p. 13), milk punch (p. 16), pomade (p. 18), rosemary wash (p. 18), strawberry acid (p. 23), and pickled pork (p. 28). Several recipes are attributed to individuals, including Mrs. E. Loving’s hams (p. 13), Mrs. Best’s lentil soup (p. 19), Miss Clarke’s arrowroot pudding (p. 20), Mrs. Warmeald’s buns (p. 30), Mrs. Hayward’s pudding (p. 30), and Mrs. Cuthbert’s American pudding with jelly (p. 31). In the recipe for lentil soup (p. 19), there is a recommendation for lentils from Frederick Vallee’s Italian Warehouse in Haymarket.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Cited as:

Mary Smith Recipe Book (Ms. Codex 2147). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1412733324