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The ladies of 1870s Chicago pooled their recipes and signed every one — corned beef from Mrs. Beaty, lemon pie from Mrs. Saulter.

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Ginger Cake (II)

Mrs. H. Baird.

One cup of molasses, half a cup of butter, two-thirds of a cup of water, one teaspoon almost full of ginger, two teaspoons of soda; mix in flour enough to let it drop off the spoon; bake in a tin about two inches deep.

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