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Handwritten cookbook, likely from England, circa late 1700s

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Title	Handwritten cookbook, likely from England, circa late 1700s
Language	eng
Resource Type	Text
Permanent Link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/b122c117-010f-4350-b9b6-3459cd089b30
Date Created	circa 1760 to circa 1800
Summary	The handwritten cookbook, likely from England is a manuscript containing 35 recipes for foods and beverages like gingerbread, small beer, sausage meet [sic], butter pudding, and even ketchups. The manuscript is handwritten with flourished writing by an unknown author. The spelling of some words in the manuscript indicates it is likely from England. The edges of it are burnt, suggesting it survived a fire.
Item Identifier	SPEC.RARE.MMS.0331
Call Number	SPEC.RARE.MMS.0331 Folder in RARE MMS 14 Box
Collection Identifier	SPEC.RARE.MMS.0331
Related Finding Aid	https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.RARE.MMS.0331
Unit	Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Source	Digitized from Handwritten cookbook, likely from England, SPEC.RARE.MMS.0331, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
Extent	18.4 x 15.2 cm
Time Period (Topic)	18th Century
Genre	cookbooks
Subject	Cooking, English Desserts
File Format	image/tiff application/pdf
Rights Statement	No Copyright - United States
Rights Note	The Ohio State University Libraries believes this object is in the Public Domain in the United States; users are responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.

Credit line: The Ohio State University, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library

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