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

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French Fruit Salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

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.

Imperial Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 40 min prepEst. serves 2

Imperial Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring white stock 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, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

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.

French White Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 35 min prepEst. serves 2

French White Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring lb. fowl, 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 .

Bortchock Soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Bortchock Soup

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

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.

Lemon Salmon Croquettes, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Seafood Cited source

25 min prepserves 4

Lemon Salmon Croquettes

Flaked salmon and thick white sauce chilled, shaped, crumbed, and shallow-fried until crisp and golden.

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.

Corn chowder archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Corn chowder

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

French Dressing, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

French Dressing

A portable historic recipe using salt, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.

Beet salad archival citation card

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Beet salad

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

Rice croquettes archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Rice croquettes

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

Oyster Stew, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Oyster Stew

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

Squash soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Squash soup

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

Fresh-Corn “Oysters” from 1910, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Vegetable Cited source

12 min prepserves 4

Fresh-Corn “Oysters” from 1910

Despite the historic name, these are seafood-free fresh-corn griddle cakes bound with egg and just enough flour.

Browned potato soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Browned potato soup

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

Spinach soup archival citation card

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Spinach soup

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