Cookeries [manuscript], late 17th century.
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Title
Cookeries [manuscript], late 17th century.
Description
265, [266-277] p. ; 21 x 17 cm
Scope and content
Contains 376 recipes including 5 for eel, many puddings, how to pickle various items, etc. Also includes receipt for Chatham's Punch (laid in with front endleaf). Some recipes attributed to Mrs. Palmer (p. 242-244), Mrs. Thorne (p. 245), Mrs. Osbaldston (p. 246, 265), Mrs. Dorothy Nevil (p. 250-251), Mrs. Atheron (p. 252), Mrs. S.S. (p. 256), Lady Wentworth (p. 257, 261), Mrs. Win: (p. 260), Lady Kays (p. 261), Mrs. An: Byerley (p. 263), Mrs. Eliz: Warton (p. 264-265). All written in a single hand.
Note
Title from title page.
Includes index at end.
On page 121: "These receipts following were had from a kook who was five years in King of France kitchin."
Includes index at end.
On page 121: "These receipts following were had from a kook who was five years in King of France kitchin."
Publications about material
The housewife's rich cabinet : remedies, recipes, and helpful hints / Jean Miller, Francie Owens, Rachel Doggett ; with an introduction by Heloise. Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997, p. 45-46.
Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England / edited by Mary Anne Caton, with an essay by Joan Thirsk. Washington, DC, 1999, p. 74.
Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England / edited by Mary Anne Caton, with an essay by Joan Thirsk. Washington, DC, 1999, p. 74.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 752.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Housewife's Rich Cabinet: Remedies, Recipies, & Helpful Hints, curated by Rachel Doggett, Jean Miller, & Francie Owens, Folger Shakespeare Library, August 27, 1997-January 31, 1998.
Exhibited: Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., September 10-December 30, 1999.
Exhibited: Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., September 10-December 30, 1999.
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Manuscripts (documents)
Cookbooks.
Cookbooks.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.561
Folger accession
MS Add 752