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Meal:All Breakfast Lunch Dinner Brunch Dessert Party Picnic Snack

Diet:All Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Gluten-free Dairy-free High-protein High-fiber

Equipment:All One Pot Oven Skillet Stovetop

Collection:All Breakfast Baking Brunch Soup Vegetable Picnic Casserole Leftovers Seafood Dessert Lunch Dinner Party

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Red snapper soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Red snapper soup

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

Tomato Bouillon with Oysters archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Tomato Bouillon with Oysters

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

Carrot soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Carrot soup

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

Chicken Soup with Wine archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 2

Chicken Soup with Wine

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

Egg soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Egg soup

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

Cream of Cauliflower Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Cream of Cauliflower Soup

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

White barley soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

White barley soup

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

Mock Bisque Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Mock Bisque Soup

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

Split pea soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Split pea soup

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

Salmon Force-meat archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Salmon Force-meat

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

Rice and tomato soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Rice and tomato soup

Marion Harland’s original method for Rice and tomato soup, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Boiled Dressing I archival citation card

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Boiled Dressing I

Boiled Dressing I from the 1910 table, preserved for modern discovery with its original citation.

A good green pea soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

A good green pea soup

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

Grape fruit archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Grape fruit

Grape fruit, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut the fruit in half, crosswise, and with a sharp knife remove all the bitter white.

Clam chowder archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Clam chowder

Clam chowder, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including chop a half-pound of fat salt pork.

Pea Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Pea Soup

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

Lima bean soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Lima bean soup

Lima bean soup, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cook the beans in thin soup stock until they fall to pieces.

Orange salad archival citation card

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Orange salad

Orange salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including peel and divide the oranges into lobes, then cut each of these into three pieces.

Peach salad archival citation card

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Peach salad

Peach salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including pare a quart of ripe yellow peaches, and cut into thin slices.

Egg salad with sardine mayonnaise archival citation card

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Egg salad with sardine mayonnaise

Egg salad with sardine mayonnaise, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil eight eggs hard, throw into cold water.

Apple and celery salad archival citation card

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Apple and celery salad

Apple and celery salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut enough crisp celery into small bits to make a cupful.

Boiled Dressing II archival citation card

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Boiled Dressing II

Boiled Dressing II from the 1910 table, preserved for modern discovery with its original citation.

Hot potato salad archival citation card

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Hot potato salad

Hot potato salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including into a frying-pan one-fourth of a pound of bacon, cut into dice.

Vermicelli soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Vermicelli soup

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