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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Leesburg Chow-Chow

1/2 peck green tomatoes. 2 large heads cabbage. 15 large white onions. 25 cucumbers. Cut these up, and pack in salt for a night…

Pineapple

Peel and slice thin, just before eating. Sprinkle pulverized sugar over it, but nothing else, as the flavor of this delicious…

Pudding Without Milk or Eggs

Put into a buttered baking-dish, alternate layers of grated bread, and finely chopped apples seasoned with brown sugar, bits of…

Brandy Sauce

Cream together one-quarter pound fresh butter, and one quarter pound pulverized white sugar. Mix with it one gill of lemon…

Hot Icing

Dissolve one pint powdered sugar in two or three tablespoonfuls water, and boil. Beat the whites of four eggs to a strong froth…

Ruggles' Cake

6 eggs. 11/2 cupful butter. 3 cupfuls sugar. 4 cupfuls flour. 1 cupful milk. 1 teaspoonful soda. Season to taste.--Mrs. R.

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