Libro de cosina para el buen uso de los sres. y sras. es muy util y en el se allan diversos pasteles, estofados, postres, chanfainas, sopas &c. comensado el dia 11. de Junio de 844 : manuscript

Manuscript cookbook containing sixty-seven recipes, predominantly Mexican dishes or recipes tailored to Mexican tastes through their inclusion of indigenous ingredients. Includes recipes for tarts; stews; meat and fish dishes; soups; sauces; pastries; rice dishes; and desserts. Recognizable Mexican dishes included are sopa negra; cabrito al limon (goat in lemon); bobo en escabeche (marinaded bobo mullet); vaca hecha en adobo de chilhuacle (beef cooked in a Oaxacan chile marinade); and torta de mamey (mamey fruit tart). Some of the recipes give a sense of the social life around the table through presentation. For example, the recipe for an "ensalada, vuena, para cochinito, p[ara] juajalote ó vovo, o una vuena mesa o fiesta" (good salad for suckling pig, turkey or bobo mullet, or for a good table or a feast), the writer describes the manner in which the lettuce, carrot, beetroot, onion, and radish were to be presented, even going so far as to give a rough diagram illustrating the manner in which the platter was to be laid out in order to create a good impression. It is possible that the manuscript originated in Oaxaca as there are several recipes calling for chilhuacle chile - a chile which is exclusively cultivated in Oaxaca - such as "tortitas de huebo oajaqueña" (Oaxacan egg pancake). Written in a legible hand, with occasional emendations in a second early hand.

• 1844

1 volume (2, 88 pages) ; 22 x 16 cm.

text

Binding: period limp boards covered in paper stained to mimic vellum

Title from title page

• Mexico
• Oaxaca (Mexico : State)

• Cooking
• Cooking, Mexican
• Nineteenth century

• text

• Spanish; Castilian

Mms: 991023434052706535

Mexico

Public domain (US)

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