Carr family cookbook, 1741-1753

Carr, Isabella
Carr, Margaret

University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

1741/1753

Isabella Carr. 1741. Also dated 1753, Margaret Carr. It is bound in full calf with original leather boards. There are 146 pages of which 109 are written. (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.; 16 x 21 cm.) It was inscribed by Margaret Carr "her book July 7, 1753." Page 71 was dated 1741 Isabella Carr. The book itself seems to be English but the several loose recipes inside the back cover are clearly American. Written in several hands, there are interesting and unusual recipes such as: punch that looks like sack (sherry), Quinn's Irish sauce, etc.

Cookery

1740-1750
1750-1760

England

Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts

http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/506

English

En10

20.7 × 16.2 cm

2012-09-21

Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.

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