Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take the crum of a 2 penny loaf and grate it and half as much grated
carrot and 6 eggs but 4 whites and some Sugar and half a nutmeg a
little salt mix it with a pint & half of cream and you must put it
into the oven, melt a quarter of a pound or better of fresh butter put
a little rose water 2 or 3 spoonfulls of Sack then put it into the oven
in a dish and let it stand half an hour the oven must not be to hot
Stop it a little.
137. _A Cream._
Take a quart of cream then put in 6 yolkes of eggs and three whites
well beaten then set them over the fire and stir it ye while then put
in some canded eringo root, candid oringe peel cut them very thin then
put in some preserv’d plums and rasberrys & jelly of pippins stir it
well together and put it in your dish and w^n tis cold lay it over with
apricock jelly and jelly of currants and quinces jelly also cut in
pretty fancys.
138. _To make a Flesh Cheese._
Take 2 oxe cheeks beat the bones very well & those that are not fit to
bake take out season it with cloves and mace jemacoe pepper and salt
as you see fit put it into a pot and put to it a pound and half of
beef suit & a pint of claret a faggot of Sweet herbs & an oynion bake
it throughly then take out all the bones and beat the meat in a morter
very well and pour away the gravey and let it be cold and take off the
fat then put the gravey to the meat again and put it in a Stewing pan
over a charcole fire stew it till it be thick & put it in a little
cheese vate scaulding hot with a cloth as another cheese and tuck it in
well turn it 3 times before it is cold and press it very well then take
it out & put it on a board till it be cold it will not keep long.
139. _A Cordiall Organy Water._
Take half a pint of Sack and 3 pints of the juice of organy some
cloves a little saffron let these infuse all night on embers & bruise
a handfull of organy and put thereto & still it in a plain Still tis
good for the Spleen y^e Stomack or mother you may still barm thus.
140. _To Salt Hams or Tongues._
Take such a quantity of water as will cover them & put in as much bay
salt & salt peeter 2 parts of the former and one of the latter as will
make a brine strong enough to bare an egg up the breadth of a 6 pence
when it is all dissolved over the fire then boyle it till you have
scumm’d it clean & when it is cold put in your ham or tongues & let
them lye in it a fortnight then smoake them in chimney a fortnight
longer.
141. _Dr. Moors admired Pills._
Take alloes mirrh and saffron of each 2 drams into fine powder salt of
wormwood and cream of tartar of each ½ a dram mingle all these well
together and the Sirrop of sharp citterns make it into a mass for pills
adding a drop of oyle of rosemary and when you go to bed at night take
3 pills & 3 in the morning and posset drink in ye workeing.
142. _To make Almond Puddings._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account