The Dollar Monthly Magazine 1864, each month has receipts, some actually sound doable.

The Housewife
July 1864
http://tinyurl.com/q5wl75
OR
http://books.google.com/books?id=8aL...q=editions:0L\
Bg-mOs_UZdvThADzt#PPA72,M1

Enjoy.
Susan Armstrong
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/19thcenturyfoodways/