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Creamed peach pie (No. 2) archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Creamed peach pie (No. 2)

Creamed peach pie (No. 2), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including bake as above, stoning the peaches and cutting each in half.

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Breakfast rolls (No. 2) archival citation card
Breakfast Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Breakfast rolls (No. 2)

Breakfast rolls (No. 2), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including sift a quart of flour and stir into it a saltspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of suga.

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Squash Biscuits, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Baking Cited source
Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Squash Biscuits

A measured 1910 bake built around squash (steamed and sifted), preserved with its original method and page citation.

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Green corn pudding (No. 3) archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Green corn pudding (No. 3)

Green corn pudding (No. 3), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including grate the kernels from twelve ears of corn and stir into them the beaten yolks of si.

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Currant pie (No. 1) archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Currant pie (No. 1)

Currant pie (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including ripe and stemmed currants with one cupful of sugar to two of currants, and bake betw.

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Macaroni piquante archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Macaroni piquante

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

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Fowl pie archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Fowl pie

Marion Harland’s original method for Fowl pie, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Scalloped salmon archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Scalloped salmon

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

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Orange layer cake archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Orange layer cake

Orange layer cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cream three tablespoonfuls of butter with two cupfuls of sugar, add the beaten yolks.

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Alma’s drop cakes archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Alma’s drop cakes

Marion Harland’s original method for Alma’s drop cakes, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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A brown fricassee archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

A brown fricassee

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

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Hot Water Sponge Cake archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Hot Water Sponge Cake

A classic 1910 sweet built around yolks 2 eggs, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.

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Quick buckwheat cakes archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Quick buckwheat cakes

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

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Hominy Gems archival citation card
Breakfast Cited source
Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Hominy Gems

Start the day with Farmer’s original Hominy Gems method, preserved as a source transcription.

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Fruit cake (No. 3) archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Fruit cake (No. 3)

Marion Harland’s original method for Fruit cake (No. 3), retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Cauliflower au gratin archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Cauliflower au gratin

Marion Harland’s original method for Cauliflower au gratin, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Polly’s pudding archival citation card
Dessert Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Polly’s pudding

Marion Harland’s original method for Polly’s pudding, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Pfeffernüsse archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Pfeffernüsse

Marion Harland’s original method for Pfeffernüsse, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Deviled clams (No. 2) archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Deviled clams (No. 2)

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

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

Pineapple pudding

Marion Harland’s original method for Pineapple pudding, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

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Tomatoes stuffed with meat archival citation card
Dinner Cited source
Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Tomatoes stuffed with meat

Tomatoes stuffed with meat, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including chop fine a cupful of cold meat—it may be fowl, tongue or ham, or even lamb, mutton .

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Dutch Apple Cake, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Baking Cited source
Est. 40 min prepEst. serves 2

Dutch Apple Cake

A measured 1910 bake built around scalded milk, preserved with its original method and page citation.

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