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anecdotes told by Lincoln
apees,
5.1
,
5.2
apple butter,
9.1
,
9.2
apples
Lincoln's love of,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
preservation,
5.1
,
9.1
scarcity,
3.1
,
3.2
trees planted by the Lincolns,
3.1
,
9.1
Ayers, Phillip Wheelock,
itr.1
,
8.1
Bacon-Basted Militia Chicken,
5.1
Baked Beans,
9.1
baking powder,
6.1
,
6.2
baking soda
in biscuits,
itr.1
,
7.1
as a substitute for pearl ash,
2.1
,
2.2
See
also
saleratus
Baltimore, MD,
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
barbecue,
4.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
10.1
Batter Pudding,
5.1
beans
baked beans,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
12.1
as a common crop,
1.1
,
3.1
,
9.1
green or snap,
itr.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
beef.
See
under
meat
Beef Cakes,
8.1
berries
common crops,
8.1
,
9.1
cranberries,
10.1
,
12.1
gooseberries,
3.1
sold in stores,
9.1
,
10.1
strawberries,
8.1
,
9.1
beverages
peach-and-honey,
7.1
,
7.2
Black, Mrs. William,
8.1
,
8.2
Black Hawk War,
5.1
,
5.2
Blair, Montgomery,
12.1
,
12.2
bread
biscuits,
4.1
,
4.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
“short” dough,
3.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
for soldiers,
5.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
Bread Sauce,
7.1
Brooks, Noah,
8.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
Brown, Caroline Owsley,
8.1
,
8.2
Browning, Orville Hickman,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
brunoise soup,
12.1
,
12.2
Buchanan, Pres. James,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
13.1
burgoo,
7.1
,
7.2
cabbage,
3.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
11.1
cakes.
See
under
desserts
Cameron, John,
4.1
,
4.2
Cameron, Simon,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1
canned foods, commercial,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
caraway seeds,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
Cass, Gen. Lewis,
5.1
,
5.2
Chapman, A. H.,
3.1
,
3.2
Chicken Salad,
8.1
Christmas customs,
12.1
,
13.1
Christmas Shortbread Cookies,
12.1
Civil War
battles,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
events leading up to,
11.1
,
11.2
condiments,
3.1
,
115
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
9.5
,
9.6
,
10.1
cookbooks
owned by Mary Lincoln,
8.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
cookies.
See
under
desserts
cooking
from antique recipes,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
3.1
,
6.1
Dutch oven,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
open-hearth,
2.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
by pioneers,
2.1
,
10.1
reflector oven,
2.1
,
2.2
,
6.1
,
10.1
“spider” pan,
2.1
,
10.1
wood-burning stove techniques,
10.1
,
10.2
corn
corn bread,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
3.1
corn dodgers,
1.1
,
1.2
cornmeal,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
1.5
,
2.1
,
5.1
Corn Dodgers,
1.1
Cranberry Pie,
12.1
Cranberry Sauce,
10.1
Crawford, Elizabeth,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
Crook, William,
12.1
,
13.1
Cucumber Catsup,
9.1
Cucumber Salad,
7.1
Cutter, Pvt. Willard,
13.1
,
13.2
Davis, Judge David,
8.1
,
8.2
,
11.1
,
12.1
December Sausages,
8.1
desserts
cakes

almond,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3

Election Cake

in homage to Lincoln,
14.1
,
14.2

pint,
5.1
,
5.2

Tennessee Cake,
2.1
,
2.2

cookies, jumbles,
itr.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
(
See
also
apees
;
gingerbread
)
doughnuts, nutmeg,
8.1
,
8.2
,
10.1
ice cream,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
puddings,
3.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
doughnuts.
See
under
desserts
Douglas, Stephen A.,
2.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
Edwards, Elizabeth (sister-in-law)
Mary living with,
6.1
,
10.1
,
14.1
and Mary's courtship,
6.1
,
6.2
Edwards, Ninian (brother-in-law),
1.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
10.1
Egg Corn Bread,
1.1
entertaining
in farm communities,
1.1
,
3.1
at President Lincoln's Cottage,
13.1
,
13.2
by Sangamon Long Nine,
4.1
,
11.1
in Springfield, IL,
6.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
11.1
,
12.1
at the White House,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
13.1
farm life
chores to supply food,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
common crops,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
corn crops,
1.1
,
2.1
,
11.1
entertainment,
1.1
,
3.1
fats
butter,
1.1
,
1.2
,
5.1
,
7.1
lard,
1.1
,
3.1
,
5.1
Filet of Beef à la Napolitaine,
12.1
flour
wheat,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
11.1
See
also
mills
, grist
food
barter/trade for,
3.1
,
4.1
,
9.1
foraged from the wild,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
9.1
French influence,
4.1
,
7.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
impact of immigrants,
11.1
,
11.2
medicinal,
9.1
,
10.1
memories,
itr.1
,
itr.2
restaurants,
4.1
,
12.1
for soldiers,
5.1
,
5.2
,
13.1
,
13.2
in Springfield, IL (
See under
Springfield, IL
)
in Washington, DC,
13.1
,
13.2
(
See also under
White House
)
Willard Hotel,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1
food transport
Mississippi River,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
11.1
railroad,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
Forcemeat Balls,
9.1
Forcemeat for Stuffing Turkey Craw,
10.1
Francis, Mrs. Simeon,
6.1
,
6.2
,
9.1
Francis, Simeon,
6.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
11.1
French Almond Cake,
6.1
fruits
foraged from the wild,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
5.1
,
10.1
garden,
8.1
,
9.1
preserves,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
See also specific fruits
gelatin,
8.1
,
10.1
Gentry, James,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
German Beef with Sour Cream,
11.1
German immigrants,
4.1
,
4.2
,
11.1
,
12.1
ginger,
2.1
,
2.2
gingerbread

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