Purchased, 2010 February.
[identification of item], Handwritten Cookbook for Desserts, Beverages, and Vegetable Dishes from the Southeastern United States, SPEC.RARE.MMS.0324, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Ashleigh Minor, 2019 March; finding aid written by: Ashleigh Minor, 2019 March.
Cookbooks are books of cooking directions and recipes with step-by-step directions and lists of ingredients for preparing food. Recipes and cookbooks have been used throughout history, but became more popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, after the invention of the printing press. In 1845, Eliza Acton's
Some of the recipes included in this cookbook suggest the time period and region of the United States in which it was created, such as muscadine wine and Jenny Lind pudding. Muscadine is a variety of grape that is native to the southeastern states of America. Wine began to be produced from the grapes in Florida in the 16th century. Jenny Lind was a Swedish singer who toured the United States in 1850. Her popularity in America resulted in the use of her name as a marketing tactic to sell goods, including baked goods and recipes.
The Handwritten Cookbook for Desserts, Beverages, and Vegetable Dishes from the Southeastern United States contains recipes for cakes, pies, puddings, wafers, waffles, gingerbread, preserves, wine, and cordials. Recipes for "muscadine wine" and "puff cakes" indicate that this item likely originates from the southeastern region of the United States. A recipe for "Jenny Lind pudding" dates this item to circa 1850s.
Additional historic cookbooks can be found by searching the Ohio State University Libraries catalog for the Peter D. Franklin Cookbook Collection.