NYPL cookbooks (LONG!!)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> ZWIEBACK
>
>      "Zwieback"--a food item forever destined to come in last.
>      "Norwegian Rolls and Zwieback" are on page 18 of THE GOLDEN AGE COOK
> BOOK (1898) by Henrietta Latham Dwight.

The OED has this back to 1894.  I have found the following earlier
occurrence:

1884 _Century Mag._ Dec. 186  I'm positive they only furnish stale
zwieback out here.


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