Mrs. Ira Carpenter cookbook : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Carpenter, Ira, Mrs., active 1878, compiler.

Contributor:

Blank, Fritz, donor.

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Cookbooks.

Recipes.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Chef Fritz Blank.

Physical Description:

1 volume (96 pages) ; 20 x 16 cm

Production:

Place not identified, 1878.

Summary:

This volume contains 151 culinary recipes and was written and compiled by Mrs. Ira Carpenter in 1878. This volume is bound in quarter leather on marbled paper boards. A significant portion of this volume is blank (p. 20-33, 66-91). There are several hands present in this volume. Examples of recipes in this volume include variety or union cake (p. 1), Washington cake (p. 3), feather cake (p. 9), Kate Herman’s cake (p. 11), Mother C. ginger snaps (p. 17), delicate dish for the sick (p. 35), queen of puddings (p. 39), suet pudding (p. 39), Haviland chocolate cake (p. 45), chicken loaf (p. 55), chicken croquettes (p. 61), Welsh rarebits (p. 93), and Hire’s root beer (p. 95).

Cited as:

Mrs. Ira Carpenter Cookbook (Ms. Codex 2198). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1446222729

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