Advice for the savvy shopper:

Buy of some one particular butcher, and let him choose for you…You will find a uniformity of prices for the same cuts of the best stock, go where you will in the same city.

What I enjoy about this excerpt is that it highlights the honest nature of the hardworking small businessman and the industry and thriftiness of the home cook. Virtues we still value some 170 years later.

More Fun Discoveries:

• Soupon Recipe…and an Old Screaming Lady ~1866
• Maccaroni, with Cheese 1881
• Dandelion Salad ~1844

Source: Mrs. Corwen’s American Lady’s Cookery Book, 1866.