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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Huntsville Crackers

Take a lump of risen dough, as large as your double fist, a heaping teaspoonful of loaf sugar, <??> with the yolk of an egg. Mix with the dough a lump <??> the size of a hen's egg and an equal quantity of lard, a <??> of soda dissolved in a cup of cream. Beat a long time stirring in flour all the while, till quite stiff. Roll out, cut in square cakes and bake in a brisk oven.--Miss E. P.

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