Mary Cannon's Commonplace Book : An Irish Kitchen in the 1700s Hardback
by Marjorie Quarton
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Description
These are just a few samples from an eighteenth-century Commonplace Book, passed down the generations from Mary Cannon's kitchen to her many times great-granddaughter Marjorie Quarton.
A Commonplace Book was a scrapbook for sayings, letters, prayers, measurements, or, as in this instance, of recipes.
Mary Cannon lived in Dunleary (now Dun Laoghaire) and collected over 120 recipes between 1700 and 1707.
They are presented here in sections such as ffishe, ffleshe, Puddings and Deserts, Pickles and Preserves.
The visceral vocabulary and archaic spellings of these dishes will refresh our word hoard, while imparting a sumptuous flavour to Ireland's gastronomic repertoire.
Unopened and untried for over 300 years, they form a unique resource for food historians and knights of the dining table.
Marjorie Quarton has edited these recipes, commenting on the significance and usage of certain ingredients.
She has added fragments of family history, from Jacobite leaders and Huguenot refugees to tales of the Indian Mutiny.
The recipes are illustrated by Alice Bouilliez, also a descendent of Mary Cannon.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:175 pages
- Publisher:The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Publication Date:07/10/2010
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- ISBN:9781843511854
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:175 pages
- Publisher:The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Publication Date:07/10/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781843511854
