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The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
Digby, Kenelm
Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665; Liquors; Wine and wine making -- Early works to 1800
Take a cold Capon, or half-rosted, which is much better; then take Suet,
shred very small the meat and Suet together; then half as much grated
bread, two spoonfuls of Flower, Nutmegs, Clove and Mace; Sugar as much as
you please; half a Pound of Currants; the yolks of two Eggs, and the white
of one; and as much Cream, as will make it up in a stiff Paste. Then make
it up in fashion of a pear, a stick of Cinnamon for the stalk, and the head
a Clove.
TO MAKE CALL-PUDDINGS
Take three Marrow-bones, slice them; water the Marrow over night, to take
away the blood. Then take the smallest of the Marrow, and put it into the
Puddings, with a Peny-loaf grated, a spoonful of Flower, and Spice as
before; a quarter of a pound of Currants; Sugar as much as you please, four
Eggs, two of the whites taken away. Cream as much as will make it as stiff
as other Puddings. Stuff the Call of Veal cut into the bigness of little
Hogs-puddings; you must sow them all to one end; and so fill them; then
sow up the other end, and when they are boiled, take hold of the thred, and
they will all come out. You must boil them in half white Wine and half
Water; with one large Mace, a few Currants, a spoonful of the Pudding
stuff, the Marrow in whole lumps; all this first boiled up, then put in
your Puddings, and when half boiled, put in your Marrow. One hour will boil
them. Serve them up with Sippets, and no more Liquor, then will serve them
up; you must put Salt in all the Puddings.
A BARLEY PUDDING
Take two Ounces of Barley pick'd and washed; boil it in Milk, till it is
tender; then let your Milk run from it; Then take half a Pint of Cream, and
six spoonfuls of the boiled Barley; eight spoonfuls of grated bread, four
Eggs, two whites taken away. Spice as you please, and Sugar and Salt as you
think fit, one Marrow-bone, put in the lumps as whole as you can; Then make
Puff-paste, and rowl a thin sheet of it, and lay it in a dish. Then take a
piece of Green-citron sliced thin, lay it all over the dish. Then take
Cream, grated bread, your Spice, Sugar, Eggs and Salt; beat all these very
well together half a quarter of an hour, pour it on your dish where Citron
is, then cover it over with puff-paste, and let it bake in a quick oven
three quarters of an hour. Scrape Sugar on it, and serve it up.
A PIPPIN-PUDDING
Take Pippins and pare, and cut off the tops of them pretty deep. Then take
out as much of your Apple as you can take without breaking your Apple,
then fill your Apple with pudding-stuff, made with Cream, a little Sack,
Marrow, Grated bread, Eggs, Sugar, Spice and Salt; Make it pretty stiff.
Put it into the Pippins; lay the tops of the Pippins upon the Pippins
again, stick it through with a stick of Cinnamon. Set as many upright in
your dish as you can: and so fill it up with Cream, and sweeten it with
Sugar and Mace; and stew them between two dishes.
TO MAKE A BAKED OATMEAL-PUDDING
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