Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
To every 3 gallons of water put one gallon of honey seeth the same on a
moderate fire till the third part be consumed scumming it clear stiring
it with a Scummer now and then to raise the honey from the bottom w^n
its sodden enough it will be clear in boyling by which you may know
it is boyled suffitiently then put it into a sweet vessel to every 3
gallons so boyl’d and clear’d put one quart of good ale barme the next
day draw y^e same liquor into another vessel leaving the grounds in the
bottom & then put new barme the same quantity after it’s again thus
purified and so let it rest in the vessel puting in your bag of spices.
The Lady Downs adds Sweet marjerom, rosemary pennyroyall, violets,
sweet bryer tops, fennell balme tops lavender tops and time the best of
seeds corriander carraway and anyseeds, of spices ginger nutmegs cloves
and mace the spices and seeds to hang in a bag in the barrell, these
herbs and spices to the quantity of 8 gallons half an ounce or better
of each. But with this addition twill not be so white.
324. _Another of Hers to make White Metheglin._
To 12 gallons of water you must take rosemary half a handfull broad
time, sweet marjerrom, egremony, harts tongue burrage buglace of each
one handfull of violet flowers 2 handfulls of jillie flowers one
handfull anyseeds corriander carraway parsley seeds of each one ounce
well bruised w^{ch} with the seeds boyle the herbs in the water till it
comes to 10 gallons then strain it out and let it coole a little put in
your honey good hive honey and stir it together ading so much liquor
as will bear an egg to the breadth of 6 pence then take the liquor and
put it over ye fire and boyle it a little but scumme it very well, then
make it cold and put a little fresh ale barme into it then put it into
a barrel & when it hath done working put in a little bag of such spices
as you please with a small quantity of musk.
325. _To make a Silliebube._
Take a pint of white wine a pint of mornings cream and a quarter of
a pound of Sugar and put them in a bason and beat them well together
till it come to a froth then pour it into a Syllabub pot and milk a
suffitient quantity of milk upon it and let it stand in a coole place
till night for the longer it stand so it grow not sour the clearer the
drink will be and the firmer ye curd.
326. _To make a Posset without Milk._
Take a pint of Sack and as much ale and put them into that you will
make your posset in and in a skillet of water set your pot with the ale
and wine till they boyle then season them with Sugar and other spices
then take the whites of 16 eggs and the yolkes of 2 or 3 and beat them
till they be as thin as water and when your Sack and ale doth boyle
pour your eggs upon it as you would do milk stiring it that while with
a spoon.
327. _To make Sugar Puffs._
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