Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take a handfull of egrimony one handfull of wood Bittony 2 ounces of
Lignum vite; 2 ounces of scena 2 ounces of Sarsaparella, 2 penny worth
of sarsafras, half an ounce of rubarb 2 penny worth of Hermidatis,
Pethimony and Stigados of each one penny worth fennell seeds and
Annyseeds of each one ounce, a pound of raisons of the Sun, 2 pound
of English liquorish, wash the herbs, Stone the raisons, Scrape and
slice the rest and bruise the seeds and put them into 2 gallons of fair
conduit water and let it simmer half a day till it comes to one gallon,
Strain it and when cold bottle it stoping it close and when you use
it your Diet must be only dry bread & raisons of the Sun and mutton
roasted dry without basting. Drink mornings & afternoons & at night
about a Dozen spoonfulls at a time. Probatum est.
213. _To make Counterfeit Nants Wine._
Take 12 pounds of malliga raisons and steep them in 8 gallons of water
about 10 days then barrell up the liquor and put to it a gallon of
the juice of elder berrys set it in some warme place that it may work
and when tis fine bottle it up and drink it half a year old half the
quantity of fresh reasons put to the first & half the quantity of juice
will make a smaller sort of wine and may be drank in a little time.
214. _A Varnish for Deal Floor’d Rooms._
Take Indian red a quarter of a pound half a pound of yellow oaker let
them be ground by a grinder of colours as for painting, put these
together and mix them thin with linseed oyle and put some drying oyle
into it wash the rooms with a cloth.
215. _To make an Oatmeal Pudding very good._
Take a pint of great oatmeal set it on the fire in a pint and half of
good milk or cream 3 spoonfulls of rose water a large flake of mace
when tis well boyled put it into an earthen pan and let stand all
night next day put to it 2 eggs a pound of beef sewit a little canded
citheron & orange peel (if you like it) sweeten it to your taste and
put to it a cold custard made as followeth Take a pint of sweet cream,
boyle it with mace put to it ye yolks of 6 eggs & 2 whites stir it till
it be cold add a little more rosewater put some bits of marrow on top
and let it stand a little in a moderate oven so Serve it in.
216. _For Mother Fitts in a Woman._
Get the after birth of a woman with her first child take off the string
then put it into a pot with 3 nutmegs shaved thin a pinte of white wine
a handfull of sweet time put these into an oven to dry it till it will
powder and search it through a fine sive. Give as much every morning
and night as will lye on a 6 pence in a Spoonfull or 2 of Sack take it
Spring and fall for 3 changes of the moon 3 days before the new moon &
3 days after & 3 days before the full.
217. _The Milk Water._
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