Jean Brown’s Paistry Book
| Date | 1724 |
|---|---|
| Era | 1700s |
Colonial housewives used recipes handed down from mother to daughter by word of mouth. Women who could read and write might copy down their family recipes in manuscript cookbooks like this one.
Recipes in this cookbook
| Date | 1724 |
|---|---|
| Era | 1700s |
A Sack Posset
Beef Alamode
Beef Collops
Boil Bacon with Califlower and Spinage (sic)
Diet Loaf
Pottie Py
Rice Custard
Scots Collops
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Other Cookbooks from this Era (1700s)
Cookbook
The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy (1971 reprint edition)
This popular cookbook, first published in England in 1747, was one of the few printed cookbooks available during the 18th century. The author, Hannah Glasse, wrote the book to instruct less experienced cooks “how to do Cookery well.”