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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Title: | Household Recipe Book |
| Inclusive Dates: | circa 1860 |
| Quantity: | 1 volume (SC) |
| Abstract: | Notebook with pasted-in and handwritten recipes for a wide range of household uses, from ginger beer to silver polish to a formula for determining the weight of live cattle. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Nothing is known of the compiler of this volume. One of the clippings has a partial date from 1859.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Household Recipe Book is a single volume containing pasted-in and handwritten recipes for a wide range of household uses, from ginger beer to silver polish to a formula for determining the weight of live cattle. Other recipes and instructions include brown hair dye, mushroom catsup, rhubarb cordial, curing meat and restoring burned steel.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Household Recipe Book,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1969.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: MRC
Date: 20 Sep 2010
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