Historical Recipes From the 19th Century

Experience 19th century cooking in your kitchen. Old Sturbridge Village, a living history museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, offers an abundance of historical recipes on their website, like the carrot fritters pictured below. In the 1830s, recipes were known as receipts.

Enjoy your culinary journey back in time.

We just added a receipt (recipe) for carrot fritters to our online collection of historical receipts with modern translations! The original receipt comes from The Cook’s Own Book (1832) by Mrs. N. K. M. Lee. https://t.co/9tFCHUiDTJ #OSVVirtualVillage pic.twitter.com/WOeQ3VZj8g

— OldSturbridgeVillage (@oldsturbridge) July 13, 2020