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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Dressing for Cold Slaw

1 cup of vinegar. 2 eggs well beaten. 1 teaspoonful salt. 1 teaspoonful mustard. 1 tablespoonful sugar. 1 tablespoonful butter. A little black pepper. Mix together the butter, salt, pepper, sugar, mustard; add the eggs last. Have the vinegar boiling and pour it on, stirring all the time. Then pour it back in the saucepan and boil a few minutes. Pour on the slaw when cold.--Miss N.

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