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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Wafers (Ounces butter ounces sugar)

4 ounces butter. 4 ounces sugar. 5 ounces flour. 4 eggs. 1 glass of wine. A little mace and nutmeg.--Mrs. Dr. J.

Wafers. 4 spoonfuls flour. 4 spoonfuls sugar. 4 spoonfuls cream. 1 spoonful butter. Orange peel, mace, and nutmeg.

Prepare as for pound cake. Bake in wafer irons, rolling them while hot.

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