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Fairfax-Spencer Family Recipe Book
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Breads and Baked Goods
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The Cookbook as a Source
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Vegetable-based dishes
To Boyle [boil] Spinage [spinach] stalks
A recipe for boiling spinach ("like lettuce or asparagus") served with melted butter
To pickele Harty Choakes [artichokes]
A method for pickling artichokes by parboiling in water and soaking in vinegar and salt
For Cookery & Pickeles [pickles]
A method for pickling purslane or other vegetables by soaking in salt water and boiling with white vinegar and spices.
To Pickle Cabbage
To Make a Cabage Puding
A recipe for a "cabbage pudding," using minced veal, beef fat, herbs and spices, and wrapped in cabbage leaves before boiling.
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