Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take one good handfull of pine tree tops & bruise them and infuse y^m
in one quart of white wine or renish 3 or 4 hours then take one good
handfull of dandilyon boyle it in one quart of new milk make it into
a posset with the wine take off the curd pour the drink scaulding hot
upon brooklimes, water cresses, sea scurvy grass garden scurvy grass of
each a large handfull with the rine of a lemon cover it & drink every
morning & afternoon a quarter of a pint sweeten in with Sirrop made of
oringe juice & wormwood cold still’d water--drink this ale april and
september.
525. _To make the Convulsion Water._
Take 2 quarts of Spring water and put therein half a handfull of
bittony and as much plantin and Spermint & whore hound a quarter of a
handfull of centry and as much cardus half a handfull of single pioney
roots green & half a handfull of burdock roots green & both sliced very
thin half an ounce of hart’s horne & half an ounce of sweet fennell
seed bruised a little a quarter of an ounce of bastorium and a quarter
of an ounce Assifetita stop all these very close in a stone jugg and
set it in a kettle of seething water up to the neck of the jugg & let
it stand seething 8 hours then take it out and let it stand close stopt
till next day then put it out into a brass pot and add to it a quart
of cardus water and a quart of spermint water half a pint of red rose
water & half a pint of old malligo Sack then put a small handfull of
bittony & as much plantin and Spermin and whorehound and a quarter of
a handfull of centry and as much cardus one handfull of single pioney
roots and a handfull of burdock roots sliced 2 ounces & a half of harts
horne an ounce and a half of sweet fennellseeds bruised 3 quarters of
an ounce of bastorium and half an ounce of Assifetita and one nutmeg
sliced stop this pot very close that no breath may come out and on the
cover set a weight of 18 or 20 pounds keep this to a moderate heat 8
hours more then let it stand close stopt till the next day then open
it & strain it out and put therein a pint and a half of malligo Sack &
half a pint of annyseed water & a lb. or more of jeans treacle put it
up into bottles & feed it w^{th} treacle when you see fit all the herbs
must be very dry.
526. _For the Yellow Jaundice or Collick in the Stomach or the
Consumption, Obstructions in ye Liver Spleen & especially for ye
Falling Sickness._
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