F. Porst cookbook : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Porst, F., active circa 1900, compiler.

Contributor:

Malgieri, Nick, former owner.

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Cooking.

Cooking--Study and teaching.

Cooking, Dutch.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Cookbooks.

Recipes.

Manuscripts, Dutch -- 20th century.

Manuscripts, German -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Nick Malgieri.

Physical Description:

1 volume (220 pages) ; 21 x 18 cm

Production:

Lutterade, Netherlands, circa 1900.

Summary:

This volume contains 124 recipes written and compiled by F. Porst over the course of a housekeeping course at St. Joseph’s Boarding School in Lutterade, Netherlands in the early 20th century. The recipes are written in German, which was taught in schools in the region until around the 20th century. The recipes in this volume are organized into sections including suppen (p. 1-8), gemüse (p. 25-32), fleischspeisen (p. 57-73), süsse speisen (p. 91-101), backwerk (p. 123-146), eingemachtes (p. 161-165). There are a significant number of blank pages between the sections (p. 9-24, 33-56, 74-90, 102-122, 147-160, 166-198, 209-218). Examples of recipes in this volume include französiche suppe (p. 1), kartoffelsuppe (p. 5), biersuppe (p. 8), blumenkohl (p. 25), schnittkohl (p. 30), bratzeit (p. 57), servelate wurst (p. 60), frankfurter wurstchen (p. 63), gespickle kalbsleber (p. 69), citronen pudding (p. 91), apfelcrême (p. 95), griesmehlpudding (p. 101), macronen (p. 123), maltesertorte (p. 126), Berliner ballen (p. 135), stollen (p. 161), Johannesbeertorte (p. 144), valicybirnen (p. 163), and perlzwiebeln (p. 164).

Cited as:

F. Porst Cookbook (Ms. Codex 2214). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1455904800