Recipes By Ladies of St. Paul's P.e. Church, Akron, Ohio
Akron, Ohio: The Werner Ptg. And Mfg. Co., 1887. First Edition. Octavo. Item #023908
131 pp. This unique cookbook includes recipes such as Oyster Croquettes, Frizzle Beef, Eggs Au Plat, Royal Diplomatic Pudding, English Currant Bread, White Mountain Cake, Hickory Nut Macaroons, Spanish Pickles, and more. Also included is a discussion of cooking for the sick, and a chapter, Scraps, that details homemade solutions for getting rid of red ants, removing mildew, and preventing calicos from fading. There's even a discussion of antidotes for common poisons of the day like laudanum coffee, acids, and cold water on the head with friction. This book is catalog of the era's history and culture reflected in advertisements for milliners, grocers, plumbers, furniture makers, and medicinal dealers with illustrated ads. A very nice survival of era long past. Staple bound in green-gray plain wrappers, spine has a bit of paper loss, there is a crease to front wrapper upper corner which extends to two more pages. A very rare work with no copies reported on OCLC (only facsimile reprints), and no copies for sale.
Price: $450.00