A rhyming recipe is a recipe expressed in the form of a rhyming poem. Now mainly a curiosity, rhyming recipes were a common expedient used by homemakers to memorize recipes in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Notable ExampleSydney Smith's recipe for salad dressing, reproduced in Marion Harland's Common Sense in the Household 1 Defining TraitA recipe expressed in the form of a rhyming poem 1 Defining Trait Partially Attested
Place of OriginBased on the article's example recipe author, Sydney Smith, described as an English writer and clergyman; the article does not state a single country of origin for the broader genre. In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Rhyming recipe
Example, Sydney Smith's recipe for salad dressing section
The poem was written by Sydney Smith, an English writer and clergyman, a wit and a liberal reformer, who is also known for being one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review.
Notes section
The poem was reproduced in the book Common Sense in The Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery by Marion Harland.
Lead section
A rhyming recipe is a recipe expressed in the form of a rhyming poem.
Lead paragraph, defining sentence
A rhyming recipe is a recipe expressed in the form of a rhyming poem.
In Group: Poetry Defined by Subject, Lead
a recipe expressed in the form of a rhyming poem
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