Confederate Receipt Book: A Compilation of Over One Hundred Receipts, Adapted to the Times

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Originally published in 1863, this little book is a compilation of "receipts" to aid Southern households beset by shortages as the War Between the States raged on."Designed to supply useful and economic directions and suggestions in cookery, housewifery . . . and for the camp, " these helpful hints first appeared in newspapers and other sources. The original edition was bound in yellow, polka-dot wallpaper. Only five copies of that edition were known to exist a hundred years later."A Cheap and Quick Pudding, " "Apple Pie Without Apples, " "Artificial Oysters, " "Spruce Beer, " "Soap, " "Confederate Candles, " "Simple Cure for Croup, " "Method of Curing Bad Butter, " "To Purify River or Muddy Water, " and "Hints for the Ladies" on "freshening" a dress to the new style--these are all included, over a hundred "receipts" to get by in hard times."Confederate Receipts" has as much sentimental appeal to modern readers as it had practical value to a previous generation.