"Two bore, bore what, a mussed ash, ash where there is tin"
Greenberg, Gambito, Stein, Plath, Dickinson
Arielle Greenberg:
Sarah Gambito:
Gertrude Stein:
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Sylvia Plath, to Olwyn Hughes, May 25, 1959:
Sylvia Plath’s rolling pin and recipe cards:
Emily Dickinson:
Kate’s Doughnuts:
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 ct. yeast
1/2 nutmeg
salt
2 cups milk
Mrs. Carmichael’s Coconut cake:
1 cup coconut
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 pounds Flour—
2 Sugar—
2 Butter—
19 Eggs—
5 pounds Raisins—
1 ½ Currants
1 ½ Citron
½ pint Brandy
½ — Molasses—
2 Nutmegs—
5 teaspoons
Cloves—Mace—Cinnamon
2 teaspoons Soda—Beat Butter and Sugar together—
Add Eggs without beating—and beat the mixture again—
Bake 2½ or three hours, in Cake pans, or 5 to 6 hours in Milk pan, if full—
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