Dining room

7b. A Recipe

As you can read in Henry A. L. Brown's book, John Brown's Tract: Lost Adirondack Empire, Abby Brown carried a correspondence with her mother-in-law, Anne Willing Francis, in Philadelphia. Like mothers today, Mrs. Francis would share cooking tips with her daughter-in-law. In one, she wrote of a recipe that she thought for sure her son, John (Francis), would appreciate. 

This season is over for dressing rabbits, or I should say after they are skinned, washed and dressed, they should be well-floured and dressed up in cloth to boil in milk and water till they are tender. Then have some white onions, well boiled in milk cream, then put the onions over the rabbit and pour melted butter over them. This is the way Johnny used to eat them. 

John Brown House Museum
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. First Floor Hall
  3. 3. Front Hall Portraits
  4. 4. Sarah Brown Portrait
  5. 4a. Alice Brown
  6. 8. Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island Exhibit
  7. 9. Mahogany Exhibit (From Forest to Foyer)
  8. 9a. Mahogany Collections
  9. 5. Maps of the World
  10. 6. Portrait and Platter
  11. 7. The Dining Room
  12. 7a. Sideboards in the Dining Room
  13. 7b. A Recipe
  14. 7c. Servants and Enslaved Persons
  15. 10. John and Sarah Brown's Bedchamber
  16. 10a. Necessary Chair
  17. 11. Marden Perry's Bathroom
  18. 12. Providence Landscapes
  19. 13. Large Bedchamber
  20. 13a. Sally and Charles
  21. 13b. Family Life
  22. 13c. Child's Walker
  23. 14. Second Floor Hall
  24. 17. Washington Wallpaper Room
  25. 18. Butlers Pantry
  26. 20. Carriage Room