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February 4, 2008 by Patsy

Cookbooks for Free

I’ve been perusing “Clayton’s Quaker Cookbook” tonight. It was published in 1883 in San Francisco and really captures a time and place. That’s one of the things I adore about cookbooks – the snapshot they give us.

I do not own a copy of this, but found it online. You, too, can have a copy – for free! You can download your own pdf.

You can find tons of other cookbooks online, too. There’s a whole world of cookbooks I wasn’t aware of until tonight. I’m not sure I needed more to look at.

Cookbooks vary tremendously in the amount of knowledge they assume you have. Most church cookbooks are written with cooks in mind so they don’t give a lot of detailed instructions. You might find, “bake at 350 degrees until done.”

Well, at this time, instructions were even more basic. In fact, there really weren’t instructions – there were ingredients. I’ve been looking for a good sponge cake recipe – maybe this is it – 5 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, 1/2 teacup cold water; mix well and bake quickly. How much easier could it be?

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Epitaphs for Patsy

In a document she left behind for a good friend, Patsy listed five possible epitaphs that could be used at the time of her passing.

  • ‘Lived Fully. Laughed Loudly. Gave generously. Gone.’
  • ‘Lived, Laughed and Loved. Continuing that elsewhere.’
  • ‘Lived fully every day. No regrets now.’
  • ‘The journey continues It has been magical.’
  • ‘A magical journey so far no regrets.’

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