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Chocolate Charlotte archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Chocolate Charlotte

A classic 1910 sweet built around box gelatine or, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.

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Potato salad (No. 1) archival citation card
Picnic Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Potato salad (No. 1)

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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Crême aux Fruits, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Dessert Cited source
Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 6

Crême aux Fruits

Farmer’s period recipe for Crême aux Fruits, faithfully transcribed from the public-domain edition.

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Coffee junket (very nice) archival citation card
Party Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Coffee junket (very nice)

Marion Harland’s original method for Coffee junket (very nice), retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Summer squash pudding archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Summer squash pudding

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

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Maple Sugar Frosting archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Maple Sugar Frosting

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 archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 6

Fondant for cream candies

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 archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Boiled huckleberry pudding

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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Tea (hot) archival citation card
Party Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Tea (hot)

Marion Harland’s original method for Tea (hot), retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Blackberry pudding archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 2

Blackberry pudding

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

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Welsh Rarebit II, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Party Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Welsh Rarebit II

Farmer’s original Welsh Rarebit II preparation, ready to browse with transparent provenance.

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Cream of Scallop Soup archival citation card
Lunch Cited source
Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Cream of Scallop Soup

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

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Brown Sauce I, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Dinner Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Brown Sauce I

The original 1910 method for Brown Sauce I, presented as a faithful archival transcription.

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Creamed raspberry pie archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Creamed raspberry pie

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

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Oyster Bisque archival citation card
Lunch Cited source
Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Oyster Bisque

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

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Sugar candy archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Sugar candy

Sugar candy, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including wet two heaping cupfuls of granulated sugar with a half pint of cold water and put o.

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Potato sponge bread (No. 1) archival citation card
Breakfast Cited source
Est. 40 min prepEst. serves 4

Potato sponge bread (No. 1)

Potato sponge bread (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil and mash, while hot, four potatoes of fair size, beating into them a tablespoon.

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Egg and cheese timbales archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Egg and cheese timbales

Marion Harland’s original method for Egg and cheese timbales, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Frosting for plain loaf cake archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Frosting for plain loaf cake

Frosting for plain loaf cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including one cupful of cream.

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Batter V archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 2

Batter V

The original 1910 method for Batter V, presented as a faithful archival transcription.

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Potato salad (No. 2) archival citation card
Picnic Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Potato salad (No. 2)

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

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Strawberry Short Cake II, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Breakfast Cited source
Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Strawberry Short Cake II

A historical breakfast preparation centered on flour, directly cited to Farmer’s 1910 edition.

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Raspberry and currant cream archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Raspberry and currant cream

Raspberry and currant cream, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including mash one quart of black raspberries and one pint of red currants with two and a half.

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German toast archival citation card
Breakfast Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

German toast

German toast, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including pare the slices and cut into strips twice as wide as your middle finger and about as.

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