Elise Walter cookbook : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Walter, Elise, active 1910, compiler.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Cooking, German.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Cookbooks.

Recipes.

Manuscripts, German -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Chef Fritz Blank, 2008.

Physical Description:

1 volume (193 pages) ; 21 x 16 cm

Production:

Frankenthal, Germany, 1910.

Summary:

This cookbook contains 231 recipes written in German by Elise Walter in Frankenthal, Germany in 1910. There are an additional 13 recipes that appear to be later additions written in English by B.G. Rohrbacker in Panther, Pennsylvania. The volume has original reinforced paper covers with damage to the binging. Much of the volume was used, but there are some blank pages (p. 130-136, 145-147). The volume was completed by at least two hands, including that of Elise Walter who contributed recipes in German (p. 1-120) and B.G. Rohrbacker who contributer recipes in English (p. 124, 126-129, 163, 165, 187, 193). There is an alphabetical index (p. 148-192) and an advertisement of Aunt Sarah’s oven by the Jacks Evans Manufacturing Co. laid in (p. 193). Examples of German recipes include riffoto (p. 6), schweinenbraten (p. 11), chocolade-pudding (p. 31), sause diplomat (p. 50), tomaten (p. 63), caccaeau (p. 92), and sause tartare (p. 94). Examples of English recipes include Devil crab (p. 124), chillie sauce (p. 124), cold slaw (p. 163), and fudge (p. 193).

Cited as:

Elise Walter Cookbook (Ms. Codex 2391). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

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