A scarce and sweeping survey of the racially diverse oyster industry on America’s northeastern seaboard, including everything from statistics to anatomy, cookery and poetry, published during “the great oyster craze” by an advocate of federal regulation to protect the fishery from over-harvesting. This volume by Connecticut native W. B. Hopson.....
A scarce collection of recipes for such foods as War Cake (lots of raisins), Bamburries, Suet Pudding, Lemon Chiffon Pie, Potato Fudge, Jellied Beet and Cabbage Salad, Tried and True Sausage, Mock Chicken Pie, Pung Chow (crab), Piccalilli, Lindberg Special (a cole slaw), etc. Also included are household suggestions. The.....
A scarce cookbook published by the Springfield, Vermont chapter of an international women’s philanthropical association, here with numerous manuscript additions. All of the printed recipes are credited to women in the community. Among the many recipes in manuscript is a “chocolate sponge” for which one had to “Beat 4 eggs.....