Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take tamariske and the inner barke of a young ash not 20 years old
and agrimony Speedwell Succory coltsfoot cliders maiden hair ceterach
otherwise called Spleenwort and cowslips of jerusalem of each of
these a handfull and boyle it in 5 gallons of middle beer an hour and
half and bruise the bark and boyle it an hour before the other things
be put in that so it may have an hours more boyleing than y^e herbs
than strain it and worke it as other Drink and tun it as soon as it
is tuned up put into it the juice of 4 handfulls of scurvy grass
and 2 handfulls of water cresses, then take a handfull and a half of
liverwort and as much harts tongue very clean pickt and bruised and put
it into a thin linnen bag and a little stone or bullet to sinke it, &
hang it in the drink about the middle of the vessel and at five days
old let the child drink of it all times if you can you must put into it
a handfull of osmund royal roots or osmund fearn roots called fox fern
roots for it hath these 3 names and 2 handfulls of Scurvy grass roots.
57. _The Soveraign Balsame._
Take Venice turpentine one pound, oyle of olives 3 pints, balsame of
perrue half an ounce, oyle of St Johns wort one ounce, red Sanders one
ounce, yellow wax half a pound Sack 6 spoonfulls, cut the wax in thin
slices put it over the fire in a clean Skillet, when it is thoroughly
melt’d put in the turpentine when it is first waished in red rose water
3 times Stir them very well till they boyle then take it off the fire
and let it cool till the next day then take it out of the Skillet again
and cut it into thin slices to get out the water then put in the oyle
of olives the Sack and the oyle of St Johns wort with the red Sanders
and balsame and stir them till they incorporate, then boyle it a pace
then take it off the fire and stir it for 2 hours to thicken it, then
let it cool puting it into small pots, it will keep twenty years.
58. _To make Biskit._
Take one pound and a quarter of fine sugar one pound of eggs one lb of
flower, beat your eggs and as the froth riseth scumme it off & mix it
w^{th} the flower and Sugar till all the eggs be in them beat it very
well and let it stand by a fire half an hour then butter your plats and
set them in a pretty warme oven.
59. _To make Cakes of Quinces red._
Take barberrys and infuse them and when they are very soft take them
and stamp them with a spoon and strain them, then have some quinces
ready scaulded and pared then take the pulp of the quinces and mix it
with the barberrys then take the weight of it in Sugar and wet it with
water then set it over the fire and let it boyle till it be Sugar again
then put in your quinces and stir it over the fire till the sugar be
all melt’d but not let it boyle then drop it on glass plats.
60. _To make clear Cakes of Quinces._
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