Matt Probert > wrote:
>That's what I thought, now the trouble is finding evidence, for which
>I mean contemporary written accounts. Do you know how rare 19th
>century American recipe books are in the UK ???

Well, since baked beans aren't my beverage of choice, I'd
recommend asking the same questions over on rec.food.cooking.

I know of at least two people there who probably have a UK edition
of a 19th century American book on cooking.

--Blair
"I'll have what he's having."