Cookery in stately homes.- Cooking Receipts from various Country Places, manuscript in red and black ink, 41pp., including title and 2 index ff., some staining, lightly browned, attractive contemporary hand-decorated boards, lower board faded, 67 x 103mm., no place, [late 19th - early 20th century].
⁂ A charming small-format collection of recipes for sweet and savoury dishes, many of which from the kitchens of English stately homes, including Chatsworth, Longleat, Castle Howard, Holker Hall, and Burwood. Includes 'Guards' cake'; 'Medlar Jelly'; 'Berkeley pudding'; 'Rothsay Pudding'; 'Cherry Pudding'; 'Soufflé à la Parisienne'; 'Crême Brulée'; 'Brown Bread Cream'; 'Savoury Custards'; 'Petits pots de Gibier [Game]'; 'Eperlans [smelts] à l'Anglaise'; 'China China [mutton]'; 'Soufflé of artichokes'; and 'Sydney Smith's salad'.
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