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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Tea Cakes (Quarts of flour cupfuls)

2 quarts of flour. 3 cupfuls of sugar. 1 cup of butter. 5 eggs. 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in 2 tablespoonfuls of sweet milk. 2 teaspoonfuls cream of tartar. Season with lemon or nutmeg.--Mrs. H.

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Tea Cakes (Quarts of flour cupfuls)

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