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    Demystifying 1800’s Recipes For the Modern Kitchen

    > Recent Recipes

    • sugar cookies from an 1800's recipe
      Sugar Cookies (1877)
    • a bottle of blackberry cordial
      Blackberry Cordial (1871)
    • a slice of clove cake from an 1877 recipe
      Clove Cake (1877)
    • a plum pudding
      Christmas Plum Pudding (1887)
    • A Christmas Dinner Menu from 1887
      A Christmas Day Menu (1887)
    • Homemade Cranberry Sauce made from an 1800's recipe
      Cranberry Sauce (1845)
    • a roast goose, surrounded by greenery and oranges, for the Christmas Day dinner
      Roast Goose (1881 & 1856)
    • Mincemeat in a large stoneware crock
      Mince Pies (1887)
    • a plate of Christmas cookies surrounded by sprigs of holly
      Christmas Cookies (1845)
    • pie crust from an 1800's recipe
      Family Pie Paste (1873)
    • An iced walnut cake from an 1800's recipe.
      Hickory Nut or Walnut Cake (1887)
    • an apple pie from an 1845 apple pie recipe
      Apple Pie (1845)
    • 1800's cook books
      1800’s Thanksgiving Day Menus
    • slices of iced coffee cake
      Coffee Cake (1877)
    • a bowl of lentil soup
      Lentil Soup (1885)
    • corn muffins in a cast iron pan
      Corn Muffins (1876)
    • Homemade catsup from 1859 recipe
      Catsup (1859)
    • Peach marmalade in a glass jar
      Mrs. Hale’s Peach Marmalade (1873)
    • Lemonade (1881)
    • raspberry jam from an 1859 recipe
      Mrs. Rundell’s Raspberry Jam (1859)

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