Housekeeping in Old Virginia

Seventeen hundred recipes from the housewives of Old Virginia — Sally Lunn and beaten biscuit, brandy peaches and Brunswick stew — gathered in 1879 by Patrick Henry's granddaughter, with tributes from the First Lady down.

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Cat-Fish Chowder or Hog-Fish

Take two cat-fish, skin, and boil till thoroughly done; pick very fine and add: 2 good sized onions. 1/4 pound butter. 1 tablespoonful salt. 1 tablespoonful pepper. 2 tablespoonfuls Worcestershire sauce.

Add a little celery or celery-seed, a little thyme, a little parsley. Pour over all about one quart of boiling water and cook fast bout half an hour.--Miss. F. N.

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