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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Shoat's Head

Get a shoat's head and clean it nicely. Boil and chop in pieces. Season with: 2 tablespoonfuls tomato catsup. 2 tablespoonfuls walnut catsup. 2 cups water. A little flour. 1 large spoonful butter. Pepper and salt. Have two or three hard-boiled eggs, cut them in half and lay on the top of the head; set it in the oven to bake.

Veal or mutton head, can be cooked in the same way, but are not so nice.--Mrs. R.

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