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by Alice Cooke Brown
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ISBN: 0486418758 Dover Publications Price: $10.95 |
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A wealth of information on the uses of herbs by homemakers of the past through more than 500 authentic recipes as they appeared in their original sources. The recipes cover the use of herbs for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and other purposes, from making vegetable and meat dishes to dyes and insecticides. 113 black-and-white illustrations.
Table of Contents for Early American Herb Recipes
| Illustrations | |||||||
| Acknowledgements | |||||||
| Preface | |||||||
| CHAPTER ONE:Herb Gardens and Borders | |||||||
| HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | |||||||
| PICKING AND PRESERVING HERBS | |||||||
| CHAPTER TWO: Medicinal Uses of Herbs | |||||||
| HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | |||||||
| GLOSSARY OF OLD MEDICINAL TERMS | |||||||
| MATERIA MEDICA CLASSIFICATION | |||||||
| COLLECTING OF MATERIA MEDICA | |||||||
| RECIPES FOR REMEDIES | |||||||
| LIST OF DISEASES AND REMEDIAL HERBS | |||||||
| "CHAPTER THREE: Toiletries, Perfumes, Pomatum" | |||||||
| HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | |||||||
| COLOGNE RECIPES | |||||||
| DEODERIZER RECIPES | |||||||
| HAIR TONIC RECIPES | |||||||
| PERFUME RECIPES | |||||||
| POMADE RECIPES | |||||||
| SOAP RECIPES | |||||||
| TOILET WATER RECIPES | |||||||
| TOOTH BRUSHES AND POWDERS | |||||||
| CHAPTER FOUR: Culinary Uses of Herbs | |||||||
| MEAT RECIPES | |||||||
| GRAVY AND SAUCE RECIPES | |||||||
| SOUP RECIPES | |||||||
| FISH RECIPES | |||||||
| FOWL RECIPES | |||||||
| VEGETABLE RECIPES | |||||||
| VINEGAR RECIPES | |||||||
| SALAD RECIPES | |||||||
| PICKLE RECIPES | |||||||
| BEVERAGE RECIPES | |||||||
| CHAPTER FIVE: Other Household Uses of Herbs | |||||||
| CONFECTIONS | |||||||
| CONSERVES AND PRESERVES | |||||||
| "PASTERIES, CAKES AND PIES" | |||||||
| PUDDING RECIPES | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||
| Index |