1890s antique HANDWRITTEN COOKBOOK recipes acadia nb MISS MARGARET BAKER For Sale

1890s antique HANDWRITTEN COOKBOOK recipes acadia nb MISS MARGARET BAKER
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An appealing 1890s handwritten cookbook belonging to Miss Margaret Baker of Acadia, New Brunswick, measuring approximately 4 x 6.5 inches. All pages are detached but present and housed in the original worn black cardboard cover.

The front inscription reads:
“Miss Margaret Baker, Acadia N.B.”

This small domestic manuscript contains a wonderful selection of late Victorian farmhouse recipes, including:

• 1-2-3-4 Cake

• Layer Cake

• Plain Cake

• Caramel Cake & Caramel Frosting

• Chocolate Frosting

• Molasses Doughnuts

• Ginger Snaps

• Soft Buns

• Baby Cookies

• Oatmeal Gems

• Oatmeal Cookies

• Date Pie

• Banana Dessert

• Orange Float

• Coffee Cream

• Snow Pudding

• Custard

• Cranberry Pudding

• Pickalillie

• Pickled Beets

• Pickled Cucumbers

• Bread

• The use of “yeast cake,” simple ingredient lists without oven temperatures, and traditional Victorian-era dessert and preserve recipes strongly support a circa 1890–1905 dating.

  Condition:
  All leaves are loose/detached. Heavy toning, staining, edge wear, small losses, and kitchen-use marks throughout. The black cardboard cover shows surface wear and losses. Despite wear, the manuscript remains legible and complete as a group.

  Handwritten Canadian cookbooks with named female ownership and specific New Brunswick attribution are highly collectible for:

  • Canadian manuscript collectors

  • Acadian / NB genealogists

  • Culinary history collectors

  • Women’s domestic history researchers

  A charming piece of late 19th-century Maritime domestic life.

  
  
  Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
  
  

  
  
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