The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight OpenedDigby, Kenelm
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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 four Gallons of water; add to it, these Herbs and Spices following.
Pellitory of the Wall, Sage, Thyme, of each a quarter of a handful, as much
Clove gilly-flowers, with half as much Borage and Bugloss flowers, a little
Hyssop, Five or six Eringo-roots, three or four Parsley-roots: one
Fennel-root, the pith taken out, a few Red-nettle-roots, and a little
Harts-tongue. Boil these Roots and Herbs half an hour; Then take out the
Roots and Herbs, and put in the Spices grosly beaten in a Canvass-bag,
_viz._ Cloves, Mace, of each half an Ounce, and as much Cinnamon, of Nutmeg
an Ounce, with two Ounces of Ginger, and a Gallon of Honey: boil all these
together half an hour longer, but do not skim it at all: let it boil in,
and set it a cooling after you have taken it off the fire. When it is cold,
put six spoonfuls of barm to it, and let it work twelve hours at least;
then Tun it, and put a little Limon-peel into it: and then you may bottle
it, if you please.
ANOTHER OF THE SAME LADY
To four Gallons of water put one Gallon of honey; warm the water Luke-warm
before you put in your honey; when it is dissolved, set it over the fire,
and let it boil half an hour with these Spices grosly beaten and put in a
Canvass-bag: namely, half an Ounce of Ginger, two Nutmegs, a few Cloves
and a little Mace; and in the boiling put in a quart of cold water to raise
the scum, which you must take clean off in the boiling. If you love herbs,
put in a little bundle of Rosemary, Bays, Sweet-marjoram and Eglantine. Let
it stand till it is cold, then put into it half a pint of Ale-barm, and let
it work twelve hours; then Tun it, but take out the bundle of herbs first.
TO MAKE METHEGLIN
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