Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit Among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
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After interviewing a number of old informants, the author, Edith M. Thomas, wove together this factual but fictitious story of Mary Midleton and her visit one summer to the farm of her Aunt Sarah and Uncle John.At age nineteen, Mary is about to be married and feels the need of learning about "how to keep house, cook, economize and to learn how to get the most profit from life." What better school could she have than the Bucks County farm home of her great aunt and uncle. Aunt Sarah teaches Mary various crafts (especially beadwork and rug-making) and reveals the mysteries of cooking in hundreds...
Chapters (123)
- MARY AT THE FARM
- EDITH M. THOMAS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- MARY
- MARY AT THE FARM
- AND BOOKS OF RECIPES
- CHAPTER I.
- MARY'S LETTERS RECEIVED AT CLEAR SPRING FARM.
- AUNT SARAH
- THE OLD SPRING HOUSE
- CHAPTER II.
- MARY'S ARRIVAL AT THE FARM.
- CHAPTER III.
- SCHUGGENHAUS TOWNSHIP.
- THE OLD MILL WHEEL
- THE OLD MILL
- CHAPTER IV.
- JOHN LANDIS.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE OLD FARM HOUSE AND GARDEN.
- THE OLD FARM HOUSE
- CHAPTER VI.
- MARY CONFIDES IN AUNT SARAH AND GIVES HER VIEWS ON SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN.
- RALPH JACKSON
- ROCKY VALLEY
- PROFESSOR SCHMIDT
- CHAPTER VII
- PROFESSOR SCHMIDT.
- FRAU SCHMIDT
- CHAPTER VIII.
- USES OF AN OLD-FASHIONED WARDROBE.
- A-12 Pine Tree Quilt A-13 Tree of Life A-14 Pineapple A-15 Enlarged Block of Winding Way Quilt A-16 Lost Rose in the Wilderness A-17 Tree Quilt
- A-18 Fleur DeLys Quilt A-19 Oak Leaf Quilt A-20 One Block of Fleur DeLys Quilt A-21 Winding Way Quilt A-22 Tulip Quilt A-23 Flower Pot Quilt
- OLD RAG CARPET
- CHAPTER IX.
- POETRY AND PIE.
- CHAPTER X.
- SIBYLLA LINSABIGLER.
- CHAPTER XI.
- "NEW COLONIAL" RAG RUGS.
- A "HIT-AND-MISS" RUG
- A BROWN AND TAN RUG
- RUG
- CHAPTER XII.
- MARY IMITATES NAVAJO BLANKETS.
- IMITATION OF NAVAJO BLANKET
- RUG WITH DESIGN
- "HIT-OR-MISS" RUG WITH SWASTIKA CENTRE
- A "PRAYER RUG" OF SILK SCRAPS.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE GIRLS' CAMPFIRE, ORGANIZED BY MARY.
- ELIZABETH SCHMIDT "LAUGHING WATER"
- CHAPTER XIV.
- MARY MAKES "VIOLET" AND "ROSE LEAF" BEADS.
- CHAPTER XV.
- MARY AND ELIZABETH VISIT SADIE SINGMASTER.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- OLD PARLOR MADE BEAUTIFUL (MODERNIZED).
- A-24 Seed Wreath A-25 Wax Fruit A-26 Old Parlor Mantel A-27 Old Clock A-28 Boquet of Hair Flowers
- A-29 An Old Sampler A-30 Old Woven Basket A-31 Wax Cross A-32 Old Spinning Wheel
- CHAPTER XVII.
- AN OLD SONG EVENING.
- PALASADES OR NARROWS OF NOCKAMIXON
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- A VISIT TO THE "PENNSYLVANIA PALISADES," AS THE "NARROWS" OF THE DELAWARE RIVER ARE CALLED.
- THE CANAL AT THE NARROWS
- THE NARROWS OR PENNSYLVANIA PALISADES
- TOP ROCK
- RINGING ROCKS OF BRIDGTON TOWNSHIP BUCKS COUNTY. PA.
- HIGH FALLS
- BIG ROCK AT ROCKY DALE
- THE OLD TOWPATH AT THE NARROWS
- CHAPTER XIX.
- MARY IS TAUGHT TO MAKE PASTRY, PATTIES AND "ROSEN KUCHEN."
- CHAPTER XX.
- OLD POTTERIES AND DECORATED DISHES.
- Old Earthenware Dish
- SGRAFFITO PLATE Manufactured by One of the Oldest Pennsylvania German Potterers in 1786
- OLD PLATES FOUND IN AUNT SARAH'S CORNER CUPBOARD
- A-38 Schmutz Amschel A-39 Antiquated Tin Lantern A-40 Schmutz Amschel A-41 Fluid Lamp A-42 Candle Mould
- CHAPTER XXI.
- THE VALUE OF WHOLESOME, NUTRITIOUS FOOD.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- A VARIETY OF CAKES EVOLVED FROM ONE
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- THE OLD "TAUFSCHIEN."
- BIRTH AND CHRISTENING CERTIFICATE
- OLD TAUFSCHIEN
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- THE OLD STORE ON THE RIDGE ROAD.
- THE OLD STORE ON RIDGE ROAD
- CHAPTER XXV.
- AN ELBADRITCHEL HUNT.
- CATCHING ELBADRITCHELS
- CHAPTER XXVI
- THE OLD SHANGHAI ROOSTER.
- Old Egg Basket
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- "A POTATO PRETZEL."
- "POTATO PRETZEL"
- LOAF OF RYE BREAD
- A "BROD CORVEL" OR BREAD BASKET
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- FAITHFUL SERVICE.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- MARY, RALPH, JAKE AND SIBYLLA VISIT THE ALLENTOWN FAIR.
- SECOND CHURCH BUILDING Sheltered Liberty Bell, 1777-78. Photographed from the print of an old wood cut used in a German newspaper in the year 1840
- Liberty Bell Tablet
- DURHAM CAVE
- CHAPTER XXX.
- FRITZ SCHMIDT EXPLORES DURHAM CAVE.
- THE WOODLAND STREAM
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- MARY'S MARRIAGE.
- POLLY SCHMIDT.
- MARY'S COLLECTION OF RECIPES
- AN OLD FASHIONED BUCKS COUNTY BAKE OVEN
- "BUCKS COUNTY" RYE BREAD
- COOKING SCHEDULE TO USE WITH THE OVEN THERMOMETER OF A GAS STOVE
- THE END.
- INDEX TO RECIPES
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