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French onion soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

French onion soup

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

Asparagus Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Asparagus Soup

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

Mock-turtle bean soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Mock-turtle bean soup

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

Celery Soup II archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Celery Soup II

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

Pâte à Choux archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 2

Pâte à Choux

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

Ox-tail soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Ox-tail soup

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

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.

Cucumber salad archival citation card

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 archival citation card

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 archival citation card

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 archival citation card

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.

A macedoine salad archival citation card

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 archival citation card

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.

French Fruit Salad archival citation card

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 archival citation card

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 archival citation card

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.

String Bean Soup archival citation card

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 archival citation card

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 archival citation card

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.

A fruit salad archival citation card

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 .

Mushroom Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Mushroom Soup

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

Grape fruit archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Grape fruit

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

Baked Bean Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Baked Bean Soup

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