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 As of late I have been obsessing over cookbooks, vintage and new, in order to come up with culinary masterpieces.  In my search I have found myself leaning toward the older cookbooks; it is here that I find the most simple, yet extraordinary recipes.  I recently purchased the Ladies Aid Cookbook, I have found it most useful for a recently graduated college student living on a tight budget.  Unfortunately I do not have the book with me; it has really good tips on how to be a good cook on a budget...along with the gossip of women's benevolent societies.  I have made a trip to the local library where there is a plethora of cookbooks old and new.  Here I have fed my history major/ food loving self with one: The Seven Centuries Cookbook: From Richard II to Elizabeth II.  It has a lot of interesting recipes--most in the original text and in modern translation.  

After a night of no sleep my favorite from the 18th century became:

( Mutton like Venison )