Here are a few receipt books if you're interested.
Nelson's Household Library - The New Household Receipt-book: Containing Maxims, Directions, and Specifics for Promoting Health, Comfort, and Improvement in the Household - Mrs. Sarah Hale - 1854
http://books.google.com/books?id=g0E...eipts#PPA11,M1
The Improved Housewife, Or Book of Receipts: With Engravings for Marketing and Carving - by A L Webster - 1851
http://books.google.com/books?id=gpt...13&dq=receipts
The Art of Manufacturing Soaps - 1854
http://books.google.com/books?id=xm0...A9&dq=receipts
They make for some interesting reading =)


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