
Beefsteak pie
Beefsteak pie, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut two pounds of round steak into small squares.
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Beefsteak pie, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut two pounds of round steak into small squares.
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Sour milk corn bread, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including together in a bowl three cups of corn-meal and one cup of graham flour.
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Third Bread as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Baked cucumbers, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Frosted lemonade, 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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A classic 1910 sweet built around box gelatine or, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
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Thanksgiving citron cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cream a cupful of butter with three cupfuls of powdered sugar, add a cupful of milk.
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Potato salad (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut cold-boiled potatoes into tender slices and mix with them two raw white onions, .
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Farmer’s period recipe for Crême aux Fruits, faithfully transcribed from the public-domain edition.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Small pork pies, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Coffee junket (very nice), 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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A classic 1910 sweet built around lb. soft maple sugar, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
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Fondant for cream candies, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including to one pound of granulated sugar put into a granite saucepan, add a gill and a half .
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Boiled huckleberry pudding, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including roll this out, spread thickly with huckleberries, sprinkle with granulated sugar, an.
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Farmer’s concise method for Potage à la Reine, transcribed from the public-domain 1910 cookbook.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Croquettes of brains, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Tea (hot), 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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A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring clams, with the original instructions and source page intact.
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Cocoanut and citron layer cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including rub together three-quarters of a cupful of butter and a cupful and a half of powdere.
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Sandwiched toast, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut bread into very thin slices and remove all the crusts.
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Farmer’s original Welsh Rarebit II preparation, ready to browse with transparent provenance.
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