The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sexWoolley, Hannah, active 1670
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The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670
Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800; Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800
Take a Knuckle of Veal, and the Crag-end of a Neck of Mutton, and boil
them in water and salt, then put in some Barly, and whole Spice, and
boil them very well together, then put in Raisins stoned, and Currans,
and a few Dates stoned and sliced thin; when it is almost enough, put in
some Cream, and boil it a while, then put in plumped Prunes, and the
yolks of Eggs, Rosewater and Sugar, and a little Sack, so serve it in;
Garnsh your Dish with some of the Raisins and Prunes and fine Sugar;
this is very good and nourishing for sick or weak people.
57. _To make Furmity with Meat-Broth._
Boil a Leg of Beef in water and salt, and put in a little whole Spice;
when it is boiled tender; take it up, and put into the Broth some Wheat
ready boiled, such as they sell in the Market, and when that hath boiled
a while, put in some Milk, and let that boil a while, then thicken it
with a little Flower, or the yolks of Eggs, then sweeten it with Sugar,
and eat it.
58. _To make Furmity with Almonds._
Take three Quarts of Cream, and boil it with whole Spice, then put in
some pearled Barley first boiled in several waters, and when they have
boiled together a while, then put in so many blanched Almonds beaten
fine with Rosewater, as you think may be enough, about four Ounces of
Barly to this quantity of Cream will be enough, and four Ounces of
Almonds, boil them well together, and sweeten it with Sugar, and so
serve it in, or eat it by the way, you may put in Saffron if you please.
59. _To make a hasty Pudding._
Take one quart of Cream and boil it, then put in two Manchets grated,
and one pound almost of Currans plumped, a little Salt, Nutmeg and
Sugar, and a little Rosewater, and so let them boil together, stirring
them continually over the Fire, till you see the butter arise from the
Cream, and then pour it into a Dish and serve it in with fine Sugar
strewed on the brims of the Dish.
60. _Another way to make a hasty Pudding._
Take good new milk and boil it, then put in Flower, plumped Currans,
beaten spice, Salt and Sugar, and stir it continually till you find it
be enough, then serve it in with Butter and Sugar, and a little Wine if
you please.
61. _To make Spanish Pap._
Boil a quart of Cream with a little whole Spice, when it is well boiled,
take out the Spice, and thicken it with Rice Flower, and when it is
well boiled, put in the yolks of Eggs, and Sugar and Rosewater, with a
very little Salt, so serve it to the Table either hot or cold, with fine
Sugar strewed on the brims of the Dish.
62. _To make Gravie Broth._
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