By Jackie Couture
Collection Overview
Title: Rose C. Muhlenberg Recipe Book, 1844-1848
Creator: Muhlenberg, Rose C.
Extent: 1.0 Folders
Date Acquired: 08/16/2012
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This manuscript cookbook dating from the 1840s is full of recipes. The recipes include entrees, soups, puddings, cakes and more as well as recipes for preserving food, health remedies and cleaning solutions. Many of the recipes reflect the dishes of various nationalities and some are attributed to individuals or to cooks at businesses such as the Royal Hotel in Derby, England and the Cambria Steamer. There are also several remedies for hair loss.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Box and Folder Listing
- Folder 1: Cookbook, 1840s
- Manuscript cookbook. Recipes contributed by Miss Eoff Virginia, Mrs. Budd, Miss Leslie, Mrs. M. Kein, Lydia Heister, M. Sheaff, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Tucker and Mary Rush. Other names are difficult to decipher. Lancaster is also noted frequently and may be a place rather than a person. Many recipes have notations that they came from Virginia, France, England, etc.
- Barcode: 31234013924319