Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take a nuckell of veal cut off the fat and skin 2 calves feet very
white lay the veal and feet in warm water to soak out the blood shift
it into fresh water till all the blood be out then set it to boyle in
3 gallons of Spring water boyleing it continually till it come to a
pottle or 3 pints then if you will have it white put in a pint of white
wine, if red put in red wine, and boyle it a quarter of an hour then
take it and strain it and when tis cold take off all the fat and leave
the dross in the bottom and to every quart of clear broth take cinnamon
and nutmegs of each an ounce half an ounce of ginger sliced break your
cinnamon in pieces and quarter your nutmegs, then take 2 spoonfulls of
corriander seed half a pound of Sugar 6 Spoonfulls of rosewater put
all these into a new pipkine w^{th} the whites of 8 new laid eggs well
beaten stir all these very well together and set them over boyling them
a quarter of an hour & stiring them all the while then pour it into
your bagg with 2 handfulls of rosemary in the bottom of ye bag run it
through y^e bag twice or thrice.
128. _To preserve Rasberrys._
Take the juice of rasberrys and make your Sirrop of it to a pound of
rasberrys take a pound of sugar and put half the Sugar to ye juice and
let it boyle, the put in the rasberrys and let them boyle as fast as
they can take them off and Shake them oft put in y^n then rest of the
Sugar by degrees as they boyle but touch them not, when they are enough
the stones will look clear So you may do currants or cherrys.
129. _To preserve Oranges._
Lay your oranges in water all night then pare off the rine as thin as
may be then make a round hole that your finger may go in and take out
all the seeds and set them on the fire & let them boyle half an hour or
better then take them out and put them into cold water till the next
morning then looke that all the seeds be out and boyle them in a fresh
water as before and lay them in cold water again & the next morning
boyle them till they be very tender that a small bennet will go through
them, then set them with the holes downward on a clean cloth to drain 3
or 4 times double then to every pound of orange take a pound and half
of Sugar and to every pound of Sugar a pint of water make your Sirrop
and clear it and strain it then put in your oranges letting them boyle
moderately till they be clear, turning them often, then take them up
and when they be cold put them into a gallypot or glass & when they
have lain a fortnight in the Sirrop take them up & boyle the Sirrop
again.
130. _To souce Pigg._
Cut your pigg into 4 collers of a Side take 12 cloves 4 leaves of large
mace 2 nutmegs Shred thin strew all these on the collers with a little
salt rowle them up hard and bind them close and boyle them 4 hours and
when tis almost boyled put in a faggot of Sweet herbs and half a pint
of vinegar.
131. _To preserve Apricocks._
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