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Jia chang wei sheng peng tiao zhi nan

Hu, Huafeng

Min guo 22 [1933]

Ben shu jie shao san bai yu zhong peng tiao shi pin. Shuo ming liao wu zhi bei, ying yong qi ju, fa ze, yi ji shi pin yuan liao de chan di, xing zhuang, xing zhi, sheng chan shi jian deng. Shu zhong y...

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The Traditional Cookery of a Yorkshire Housewife

Starkey, Helen

1977

A study of one Yorkshire woman's cooking and baking traditions, and her use of recipes and methods of cooking passed on to her from her mother and grandmother. The study begins with a brief section on...

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Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees

Schrut, Judith Lynne

January 1977

Foodways: Brenda Conway, recorded in Thornaby, talks about making cheese and potato pie (learned from her mother); recording of informant making the dish in her kitchen; biographical details of the in...

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Domestic Life in Rural Suffolk

Niccolls, Sharon

1982

A dissertation which analyses continuity and change in domestic customs and traditions in rural Suffolk, in the fifty years to 1982. The first of four chapters focusses on the housewife, and contains ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Soulby, Westmorland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

12 Nov 1954

[Side 1] Jack talks about changes in working conditions on farm and inflation in stock prices and wages, remembers eating 'haver poddish' and 'blue milk' [= oatmeal porridge and skimmed milk], thinks ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Harry Lowe, recorded in Stretham on the 24 July 1975; talks about food and the cost of living; working on a carrier's cart to Cambridge; farm labourers' wages; being an appre...

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The Phonology of the Dialect of Hemyock in East Devon

Hart, Richard C

1959

A study of the dialect spoken in Hemyock in Devon, based on data collected in August 1958 from five informants answering questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire.

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The Gramercy Tavern cookbook

Anthony, Michael (1968-); Meyer, Danny; Kalins, Dorothy; McEvoy, Maura; Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015)

[2013]

Includes index. "One of the best New York restaurants, a culinary landmark that has been changing the face of American dining for decades, now shares its beloved recipes, stories, and pioneering phil...

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Sound Recordings, Salop

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. The original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis in 1952, 1953 and 1955. The da...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Christopher Haddock [ Albert Haddock's brother] and Elsie Haddock, recorded at Sutton Gault on the 22 July 1975; talk about wild mushrooms and mushroom picking; mushroom ketc...

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