Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take mellilot and cammomile of each 3 handfulls, passley and plantin
of each one handfull, and stamp them together, a pound of Sweet mutton
Sewet, 12 ounces of virgins wax, 3 pound of rozin, a pint of white
wine, Shred the wax and Sewet and beat the rozin put all together in
an earthen pot and let it stand over the fire till it be all melt’d
together, and then take it off and cover it close let it stand 1 day
in cellar then Sett it over the fire and let it boyle halfe an hour,
then take it off and strain it into 2 dishes puting some water into the
bottom of the dishes, and when tis cold you must fold it up close in
oyl’d paper it will keep four or five years. you must use this when
you feel the pain on the left Side, and cut a piece of Sheepskin the
breadth of your hand or more and about a quarter of a yard long and
make it hollow in ye middle of the uper Side as the Spleen lyes and
prick it full of holes on the fleshy side of y^e leather, Spread it
thin and Lay it to your left Side where you feel your pain and when it
will stick no longer you may make a fresh one if need require this use
allways when you feel your pain & you Shall never be troubled with the
Spleen & it will prevent many other diseases that may come by reason of
y^e Spleen.
10. _To make Aquamirabilis the Lady Atkinses way._
Take Cardimum, cubibs, mellilot flowers, gallingall nutmegs; ginger
mace and Cloves of each a dram all these must be bruised and infused
one night in 3 pints of white wine one pint of aquavite one pint of
the juice of salendine the next day distil them in a close Still
twill run a pottle keep the first quart by it Selfe you must put to
the whole three quarters of a pound of white Sugar candy beaten very
finely. Divide it between 2 glasses and let the mirabilis drop into the
Sugar candy and it will dissolve when you put all these things into
your close Still put in a little bag of Saffron put to y^e infusion a
handfull of y^e tops of rosemary flowers w^{ch} will give it a delicate
taste.
11. _To make Small Wine otherwise called Solerion. You may do Rasberry
this way._
Take 2 gallons of Spring water set it over the fire and let it boyle
well, take a pound of reasons of the Sun Slit them open but not Stone
them and take a pound of white Sugar and when the water is boyl’d put
the Sugar & reasons to it, either in a Steene or Caske put y^e juice of
3 lemons and the rine of one thin pared Stiring it once a day keeping
it close Stopped let it Stand 3 nights and 2 days. let it run through a
jelly bag. bottle it up and in 8 or 9 days ’twill be fit to drink.
12. _To make Wigs._
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