Cookbook, Handwritten (German) by Eggelmaier Johanna Eighteen Seventy-Four from Mühldorf

Very rare – a small, appetizing literary jewel for professional and hobby chefs alike, a handwritten cookbook by Johanna Eggelmaier from the year eighteen seventy-four, with a reference to the tenth of December eighteen seventy-nine from Straubing and Mr. Stainer Franz. It features an interesting and historical collection of recipes written in beautiful Kurrent script; the book is slightly more than half filled; one hundred fifty-eight pages of handwritten entries and a few hundred recipes from great-grandma’s kitchen; many old and unusual dishes; signs of use commensurate with age; no loose pages; a small excerpt: Partridge Soup (Rebhühner Suppe), Wasp Nests (Wespennester), Brain Dumplings (Hirn-Schöberl), Health Cake (Gesundheitskuchen), Liver Spätzle (Leberspatzeln), Salzburger Nockerl (Salzburger Nockerln), and much more. The spine has been repaired once; signs of use commensurate with age; Dimensions: approximately sixteen point five by twenty-one centimeters.