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.

The 1879 Kitchen Converter

Mrs. Tyree's contributors measured by the teacup, the gill and the goose egg. In case the knowledge has slipped:

Conversions are approximate — every 19th-century kitchen's teacup was a little different, which is half the charm.