
Whole wheat bread (No. 1)
Whole wheat bread (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including dissolve a cake of yeast in half a cupful of warm water.
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Whole wheat bread (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including dissolve a cake of yeast in half a cupful of warm water.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Bristol tea cakes, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Almond cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including blanch enough almonds to make a cupful of them when skinned, and when cold pound to .
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Entire Wheat Bread as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.
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A page-cited historical breakfast recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Apple soufflé pudding, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including four eggs.
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Prune pudding (No. 2), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including soak a pound of prunes all night and, in the morning, drain well.
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Rice pudding with eggs, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil until soft one cupful of rice in plenty of hot water.
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Banana toast, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including is a pleasing accompaniment to curried eggs.
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Sunshine cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including sift one cupful of granulated sugar and add it to the yolks of five eggs, first beat.
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A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Hominy cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including one cupful of hot boiled hominy, add one teaspoonful of salt and yolks of two well-b.
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Baked orange pudding, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including make a batter of two eggs, a cupful of milk, a tablespoonful of melted butter and ab.
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Sliced apple pie, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including sprinkle thickly with sugar and squeeze a few drops of lemon juice upon them.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Cranberry and raisin pie, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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A classic 1910 sweet built around butter, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
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