Receipts and recipes

[sylvar]

I've noticed in Cornbread Nation 1: The Best of Southern Food Writing that some food historians use receipt for recipe.

So why is this? Is it just because receipt is an older word? Is it because it shows up more often in their primary sources? Or is it mainly a shibboleth so that food historians can recognize each other?

Comments

[tealfroglette.livejournal.com]

ooo oh oh. i will have to get my mother's recipe for Spelt spinach soup and write it up with receipt somehow in there. that poem is great!

[shlafe.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's just a southern thing. I'm pretty sure I've seen it among my very northern family's recipes...