Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take fresh milk and scauld it and while very hot put it in severall
pans and let it stand till there be a yellow scumme upon it then cut
the scumme in ye middle then take it off the milk and lay it on a
sawcer which put in your dish you will serve it in with the bottom of
the sawcer upward when the sawcer is all cover’d with the cream search
some fine sugar through a tiffanie upon it and sprinkle some rose or
orange flower water upon it then take the same milk and do as you did
before so make your cabbidge as big as you will.
336. _My Lord Howards Re^{ct} for Sherbett._
Take 12 lemons and 12 oranges pare them as you pare an apple neither to
thick nor to thin then pinch out the juice out of your peels into sugar
next strain out the juice of your oranges and lemons into a pound of
powder Sugar then mingle all your juices together and let them stand
all night then the next day add another pound of sugar and let it stand
till it dissolves then bottle it up for your use keeping it coole and
perfumeing it to your likeing.
337. _To keep Damsons all the Year._
Take 3 pounds of the fairest Damsons off the tree and wipe them and
pick them with a few holes and lay them one by one in earthen dishes
and after y^e bread is drawn set them in the oven but not to hot let
them stand a day to coole after they are drawn then take a pound of
sugar to 3 pounds of Damsons and lay a thin paste in the bottom of a
Skillet and lay your damsons close one by one the rest strew between
and over your damsons to cover them so put them hot into your pot and
the liquor hot also to them so let them stand till through cold then
clarifie butter and put on them not to hot and so let it coole then
cover it close and keep it for your use all the year & when you take
of them to use and breake your butter you must keep the same butter to
cover the remainder till all the damsons be spent. Probatum.
338. _Oyster Porrage._
Take a barrell of oysters and in opening them save all the liquor
with them put a quart of white wine and a little mace a whole onion
and 5 anchovise set them over a gentle fire and let them stew till
you conceive them ready then take the yolkes of 16 eggs well beaten
together and so put them into your oysters stiring it constantly to
keep your eggs from curdling and when you find them enough stew’d take
it off the fire puting into it half a pound of sweet butter and rub the
bottom of your dish with garlicke or shellot and serve them up with
sipputs round the sides of your dish.
339. _To make Pancakes._
Take 8 eggs whites and all beat them very well and put to them a quart
of cream and as much flour as is needfull then take a pound of fresh
butter and melt it and throw into your batter and a nutmeg grat’d and
so fry them without any other butter in the pan your batter must be
made an hour or 2 before you frye it up eat them with juice of orange
and Sugar.
340. _The Lady Seymours way to Coller Beefe._
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