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Oil-and-Vinegar Potato Salad with Beets & Egg, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

20 min prepserves 6

Oil-and-Vinegar Potato Salad with Beets & Egg

A mayonnaise-free picnic salad from 1910, finished with hard-cooked egg, red beets, chives, and parsley.

Okra soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Okra soup

Okra soup, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including into a quart of chicken stock stir two slices of corned ham, minced, a chopped onion.

Cucumber salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Cucumber salad

Cucumber salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including wash well in cold water.

Cream Dressing II, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Cream Dressing II

A portable historic recipe using mustard, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.

Simple lettuce salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Simple lettuce salad

Simple lettuce salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including while you do this the waitress or butler should set before you the oil, vinegar, pep.

Bean and beet salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Bean and beet salad

Bean and beet salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil a half cupful of small kidney beans.

Tomato and Eggs, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dinner Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Tomato and Eggs

A practical 1927 tomato-and-egg dish with the sweet-savory balance familiar to many modern home cooks.

Oyster salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Oyster salad

Oyster salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including if you can not get these, cut each oyster in half, but do not chop them.

White Soup Stock I, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

White Soup Stock I

Farmer’s concise method for White Soup Stock I, transcribed from the public-domain 1910 cookbook.

A macedoine salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

A macedoine salad

A macedoine salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including one cup of green peas, boiled and cold, and the same of string beans cut into half-i.

Cabbage salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Cabbage salad

A page-cited historical picnic recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Lenten salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Lenten salad

Lenten salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including fill the center of the dish with cold boiled or baked fish, cut into pieces, and pou.

French Fruit Salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

French Fruit Salad

A portable historic recipe using oranges, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.

Sweetbreads with celery salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Sweetbreads with celery salad

Marion Harland’s original method for Sweetbreads with celery salad, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Egg Balls I, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Egg Balls I

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring yolks 2 “hard-boiled” eggs, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Chestnut Purée, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Chestnut Purée

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring white stock ii or iii, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Imperial Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 40 min prepEst. serves 2

Imperial Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring white stock iii, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Artusi’s Tomato Risotto, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dinner Cited source

Est. Timing not statedEst. Yield not stated

Artusi’s Tomato Risotto

A measured tomato risotto translated from Pellegrino Artusi’s influential Italian family cookbook.

String Bean Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

String Bean Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring white stock i, ii, or iii, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Noodles, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Noodles

Farmer’s concise method for Noodles, transcribed from the public-domain 1910 cookbook.

Duchess Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Duchess Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring white stock iii, with the original instructions and source page intact.

French White Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 35 min prepEst. serves 2

French White Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring lb. fowl, with the original instructions and source page intact.

A fruit salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

A fruit salad

A fruit salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including pare four juicy, sweet oranges, peel off every bit of the white inner skin from the .

Bortchock Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Bortchock Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring lbs. shin of beef, with the original instructions and source page intact.