Octavo format notebook with pages numbered 59 through 181, signed by cookbook collector Schofield on ffep, with dozens of dated historic recipes transcribed directly on the pages or pasted in place, almost every recipe with its American geographical origins noted and often with the originating chef referred to by name, along with a number of home cures for common ailments, and dozens of printed clippings from a variety of sources including some 19th century ads, labels, and magazine or newspaper clippings, and many mid-20th century printed photos of cute cats; in half leather, spine damaged, inner front joint reinforced with cloth tape, intermittent glue residue discoloration to contents, recipes quite legible, 7 1/2 x 5 in.
In this little compendium, Schofield has assembled a number of recipes ingenious and simple which undoubtedly sprang from the necessity of 19th-century thrift and scarcity. Selections include a number of seafood dishes from Provincetown, MA; inventive uses for potatoes in recipes for cake & doughnuts; formerly trending political themes like "Abe Lincoln Cake," and "Mrs. Jefferson Davis's Chicken Gumbo." A recipe from Missouri for homemade grape nuts (yes, the cereal) is included, and "A Delicious Cough Candy," from 1901, along with several easily remembered formulae such as "1, 2, 3, 4 Cake," and "Tumblerful Cake." Schofield has also included research notes regarding many of the recipes' origins.
