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Recipes. Instructions (document genre).

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Sets of directions with a list of ingredients for making or preparing something, especially food. (AAT) This heading was used in the published catalogues for household and other recipes, including works on cookery. Medicinal recipes were indexed under the term 'Medicine'. (NLS).

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Medical recipes, being a volume of prescriptions and recipes with a few additions in a later hand.

 File
Identifier: MS.15916
Scope and Contents

There is a list of contents (folio 1) and some accounts for drugs, possibly from Edinburgh (folio 241).

Dates: 1708.

Microfilm of medical manuscript of undetermined origin.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.507
Dates: 12th century-13th century.

Microfilm of two books, 1692, 1697, of household recipes of Katherin Smith and correspondence and papers, 1818-1831, undated, of Sir John Sinclair on agriculture.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15553 [Mf.MSS.41]
Scope and Contents

The correspondence and papers of Sir John Sinclair includes translations and copies of letters on his ‘Code of agriculture’ and letters of him to Sir Patrick Murray Threipland.

Dates: 1692, 1697, 1818-1831, undated.

Microfilm of works, 17th century, of Esther Inglis and a book of recipes, 1st half of 17th century-1735, 1879, started by Anna, Lady Elcho (died 1649).

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1052
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:   Moral sentences, written as specimens of penmanship, by Esther Inglis, 17th century (MS.2197);     Book of recipes, 1st half of 17th century-1735, 1879, started by Anna, Lady Elcho (died 1649), and continued by her daughter Jean, Countess of Sutherland (MS.3031); 'Pseaumes de David. Escrits a Londres par Esther Inglis pour son dernier adieu, ianvier, 1.1615', a calligraphic copy of the Psalms from the Geneva version of 1588, with a...
Dates: 17th century-1735, 1879.

Narrative of Robert Landess of Robroyston, Minister of Blantyre, in his autograph, with related material.

 File
Identifier: MS.548
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) The narrative (which begins on page 39 - pages 1-38 are wanting). The portion from 1662 to 1672 (pages 39-67) is printed in Robert Lamond, ‘Ecclesiastical persecution in the seventeenth century’, ‘Scottish Historical Review’, volume vi (1909), page 373. See also, ‘Scottish Historical Review’, volume vii, page 215. (Folio 6.)(ii) Record by Robert Landess, son of the Minister, of the births and deaths of his children, 1732-1757, and other...
Dates: 1662-1757.

Notebook in several hands containing culinary, household and medical recipes.

 Item
Identifier: MS.24775
Scope and Contents

The volume is inscribed at folio 1 'Pastry Book Elgin 20th August 1734' and at folio 15 'Jean Robinson 23rd January 1749/50'. Later entries are largely copied from newspapers and magazines, particulary 'The Edinburgh Evening Courant' and 'The Edinburgh Advertiser'

Dates: 1734-1802, undated.

Notebook of a mid-19th century Lady containing knitting and crochet patterns, and Gaelic poetry.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14899
Scope and Contents The notebook, watermarked 1833, is anonymously written from both ends. End ‘A’, paginated 1-121, consists of knitting and crochet patterns based on Gaugain, ‘The knitter’s friend’. Includes ‘The McDonald pattern’ (page 113). End ‘B’ is paginated 1-63, but pages 9-34 have been cut out. Pages 1-55 are in the same hand as end ‘A’, and are catalogued below. Pages 56-63 are in a later hand and contain knitting patterns and recipes.The contents are as follows....
Dates: Mid 19th century.

Notebook of George Quentin, Glasgow, containing recipes and cricket scorecards.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14513
Scope and Contents The name George Quentin appears at the front of the volume, but there are a few different hands throughout.This volume has two distinct sections and uses. The first records recipes for food, drink and household items including breakfast cake, ginger beer and different varieties of polish.The second section begins at the back of the volume and contains scorecards for cricket matches, largely featuring Lanarkshire in 1835. Opponents include Brunswick, the Grange, A...
Dates: 1835-1868, undated.

Notebook of Thomas Heart, containing prose translations, poetry, notes and some medical recipes.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3004
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains prose translations of most of Horace's ‘Odes and Epodes’ (inverted folio 3, folio 1 verso), a poem entitled "The believer's dowry" with other verses and notes of a religious nature (folio 4), and some medical recipes (folio 27 verso). Dates ranging between the years 1720 and 1763 occur at points throughout the volume.

Dates: 1720-1763.

Pocket-book of Sir John Gordon of Invergordon, containing a digest of ten pocket-books of memoranda.

 Item
Identifier: MS.108
Scope and Contents

The subjects include a family pedigree with chart and blazonings, accounts of income and expenditure, estate accounts and other business, receipts from the Principality of Scotland, prices, journeys, from Edinburgh to London, politics and elections, household recipes, verses.

Dates: 1754-1759.

Recipe book, anonymous.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14280
Scope and Contents

This anonymous recipe book contains recipes for food, drink and other household items such as ink. There are also some recipes for cures for illnesses, including a remedy for a 'Cold in the head' and 'Tincture for the Teeth'.

The recipes seem to have been collected from various acquaintances (some of whom are named) and there are some press cuttings with recipes glued in to the volume.

The name 'Lilly' has been marked into the leather covering.

Dates: c 19th century

Recipe book of Eda Thomson

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14150

Various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.17888-17894
Dates: Mid 18th century-early 19th century.

Volume containing verse and prose, chiefly Jacobite and satirical.

 File
Identifier: MS.3807
Scope and Contents

The longer pieces include 'The Tragedie of Glenco', 'Proelium Gilliekrankianum', 'Bellum Bothwellianum', 'Tarquin and Tullia', and Dr Archibald Pitcairne's 'Assembly' and 'Babell'.

There is a recipe for stomach-ache on folio x verso.

Dates: Late 17th century-early 18th century.