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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Whortleberry Cake

6 eggs, beaten separately. 1 pound sugar. 3/4 pound butter. 1 quart flour. 1/2 pint sifted meal. 1 teaspoonful soda A little mace and cinnamon. After mixing, stir in one quart of the berries, so as not to mash them, having previously dusted them with flour. Mix the soda with one-half pint of cream or milk.--Mrs. A.P.

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