
Fricasseed cabbage
Marion Harland’s original method for Fricasseed cabbage, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Fricasseed cabbage, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Beef hot pot, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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The original 1910 method for Oyster Sauce, presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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A simple French leek-and-potato soup translated from Auguste Hélie’s public-domain meatless cookery guide.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Sunnybank crullers, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Apple sauce, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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The original 1910 method for Lobster and Oyster Filling, presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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Potato balls (“Kartoffelklösse”), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including three cupfuls of potatoes, one cupful of bread, two eggs, well-beaten, separately.
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A historic dinner preparation beginning with butter, preserved with an exact page-level citation.
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A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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The original 1910 method for Creamed Oysters, presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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Broiled squirrels, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including skin, clean and lay in a marinade of salad oil and lemon juice for one hour.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Calf’s liver á la jardiniére, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Baked fillets of halibut, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut slices of halibut, weighing a pound each, and an inch thick.
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A restrained old-school casserole: boiled macaroni, grated cheese, white sauce, and a crisp buttered-crumb top.
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An economical, pantry-friendly split-pea curry with a measured spice ratio from a 1917 Hindustani recipe collection.
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Stewed potatoes (No. 2), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including lay in cold water for an hour, drain, and put them over the fire in salted boiling w.
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A “Cape Cod folks” tid-bit, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including soak two pounds of salt cod over night.
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Fricasseed snapping turtle, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including have your fish merchant clean your turtle after he has killed him by throwing him in.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Candied citron, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Cherry ice, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including stem and stone a quart of cherries, crush and cover them with two cupfuls of sugar.
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