Kitchen notes, OCR curiosities, cross-references, and other ephemera from Nancy Browning Ball's recipe collection. These aren't recipes — they're the scribbles in the margins that make a family cookbook truly personal.
A word-substitution parody from the Saturday Evening Post Family Cookbook — letters within words are swapped (e.g. 'Most thinkle peep' → 'Most people think'). It's a joke meant to be decoded aloud.
Original: “HOW TO STY A FRAKE IN YOUR OUTFIRE DOORPLACE”
A baking instruction — likely written in Nancy's emphatic style — that escaped extraction as a standalone entry.
Original: “DO NOT STIR AGAIN!!!”
Nancy's cross-reference note, pointing the reader to another section of the collection.
Original: “SEE PORK SECTION FOR PORK CHIMICHANGAS”
Eight ingredient lines that leaked into recipe-name column due to the Word document's two-column layout. These have been merged back into their parent recipe…
424 bracket-wrapped subsection references (e.g. "[Sloppy Joes]") that Nancy used to cross-reference recipes across categories. These are preserved in the dat…
Nancy's handwritten-style note about adjusting spice level.
Original: “Note: ok to add serrano peppers or others desired to control amount of heat desired”
Marinade, Rub, Brisket (meat selection), and Sauce were extracted as separate entries but are actually sub-headers within John McLemore's SMOKED BRISKET recipe.
Bottom Chocolate Layer, Nougat Layer, Caramel Layer, and Top Chocolate Layer were extracted separately but are the assembly steps for BILLION DOLLAR CANDY BAR.