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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Mock Turtle Soup

Put on beef and boil very tender; take out, chop fine, and put back to boil. Put potatoes, mace, cloves,(?) parsley, thyme, spice, celery seed, and ten hard--boiled eggs; pepper and salt to your taste.

Thicken with flour and add brandy and wine.--Miss E. P.

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