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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Snow Cake

Whites of 10 eggs. 1 1/2 cups of sugar. 1 cup of flour. 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar. Salt. Flavoring.

Rub the flour, cream tartar, sugar, and salt, well together. Add the eggs beaten light, and stir only sufficient to mix very lightly.--Mrs. G. P.

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