This is a unique collection of recipes from Wales, collated by OAKDEN. This collection is under copyright (c) Oakden 2011 please do not reproduce elsewhere. These are mostly regional recipes taken from the main Welsh counties, from the 19th and 20th Centuries (1800s and 1900s). Welsh recipes tend to be simple, for the most part, …
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A Collection Of Welsh Recipes
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A Collection Of English Recipes
This is a unique collection of recipes from England, collated by OAKDEN. This collection is under copyright (c) Oakden 2011 please do not reproduce elsewhere. These are mostly regional recipes taken from the main English counties, from the 19th and 20th Centuries (1800s and 1900s). The recipes are very much in the rural and local …
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A Collection Of Irish Recipes
This is a unique collection of recipes from Ireland, collated by OAKDEN. This collection is under copyright (c) Oakden 2011 please do not reproduce elsewhere. These are mainly regional recipes taken from the four provinces, from the 19th and 20th Centuries (1800s and 1900s). The recipes are very traditional, local, and in many cases simple, …
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A Collection Of Cocktail Recipes
This is a unique collection of cocktail recipes, collated by OAKDEN. This collection is under copyright (c) Oakden 2011 please do not reproduce elsewhere. A collection of over 140 of the World’s Best (original and authentic) Cocktail Recipes from the 1800s and 1900s. From the Martini to the Hunter’s Flask a cocktail is a mixed …
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Harleian Manuscript 279
The medieval manuscript known as ‘Harleian Manuscript number 279′ was written around 1430 A.D. and it has three parts to it. The first part ‘Kalendare de Potages dyvers’ has 153 recipes, the second ‘Kalendare de Lech Mtys’ has 64 recipes and the third ‘Dyverse bake metis’ has 41 recipes. Along with Harleian Manuscript 4016 it …
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The Good Huswifes Jewell
Thomas Dawson wrote and compiled ‘The Good Huswifes Jewell around 1597 A.D. (at the end of the Tudor period). It was probably written for the growing middle classes in Elizabethan England and includes many herbal treatments and applications. Thomas Dawson’s place in the time-line of cookery writers lies between the late medieval tradition of the …
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Harleian Manuscript 4016
The medieval manuscript known as ‘Harleian Manuscript number 4016’ was written around 1450 A.D. and has approximately 182 recipes (Harleian 4016 is almost exactly the same as the Douce Manuscript number 55, also at the British Museum, and when one source fails, or is incomplete, the other usually provides the answer, and so often – …
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A Proper Newe Booke Of Cookerye
A Proper Newe Booke Of Cookerye was published in 1545 A.D. (in Tudor England) and it contains 49 recipes – with an introduction of seasonal recipe instructions and a recommended list of food-courses. Therefore this manuscript is an excellent reference (and important historical document) for social historians studying what made up the individual food courses …
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Oxford Night Caps | 1827
Oxford Night Caps was written in 1827 by Richard Cook, a resident at Oxford University. The original publication was a small collection of receipts (recipes) for making various popular beverages used in the University Halls and residences in the early 1800s (it was first published as a pamphlet, then later as a small book in …
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