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Title	Joseph Forbes cookbook, 1790s
Creator	Forbes, Joseph
Date Original	1790/1799
Description	A collection of 89 numbered recipes in a single hand, signed by one "Jos. Forbes, Dr.[?]" on the final leaf (circa 1790s). No information is available on Joseph (or Josiah) Forbes, though of course there were New Englanders bearing this name during the late 18th century. The paper is watermarked VDL for Vander Ley, a Dutch firm whose products were widely used in America. The recipes contained in this manuscript are by comparison more varied and sophisticated than those found the first and earlier mss. Though the fare still favors meat, many more kinds of foods are listed, including breads and desserts such as gingerbread, macaroons, plain, almond, and cheese cakes, custards, mince pie and (sweet) potatoe pie, florentines, marmalades, preserves, and jellies. There are several recipes for pickling, including ones for cucumbers, oysters, salmon, and peaches. There are also directions for making wines and beverages, such as mead, syllabub, possets, and wines from currants, elderberries, cherries, etc. There are also various sauces, broths, and puddings, including one for "Irish" (or white) potatoes. Following the American and French revolutions, there was some additional interest in French-style foods and cooking in the United States. Here this is perhaps reflected in a recipe for "French Bread" made with egg, flour, ale, milk & water. Codfish being plentiful, two or three methods of preparation are given. Again, no mention is made of corn, beans, or squash, which at least opens the possibility that this manuscript may be British rather than American in origin. Seven manuscript sheets of various sizes and dates and in various hands. These mss sheets with recipes are likely from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Among them is a lengthy recipe in a rude hand for preparing turtle, which is likely to be American rather than British, as turtle was an expensive delicacy for the English.
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Cookery
Geographic Subject	United States -- New England
Chronological Subject	1790-1800
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Manuscripts (Document genre) Cookbooks
Type (IMT)	tiff jp2
Digital Collection	Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts
Collection Identifier	MSC0533
Collection Guide	http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0533
Item Number	US5
Series	American
Rights Management	Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. To obtain print copies or a high-resolution version of the image, contact the Special Collections Dept. at the University of Iowa Libraries.
Contact Information	Contact the Special Collections Dept. at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact/index.html
Height (cm)	24
Width (cm)	20.6
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh 3228C scanner at 600 dpi, full color. Archival tiff available.
Date Digital	2012-06-06
File Name	index.cpd
Identifier	31858055131373

Title	Front cover
File Name	31858055131373_0001.tif

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