The art of cookery, made plain and easy : which far excels any thing of the kind yet published ... in which are included one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, not inserted in any former edition with a copious index / By a lady [Mrs. H. Glasse].

  • Hannah Glasse
Date:
1796
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Credit: The art of cookery, made plain and easy : which far excels any thing of the kind yet published ... in which are included one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, not inserted in any former edition with a copious index / By a lady [Mrs. H. Glasse]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Roots, — Flowers. ._ Seeds, Scabeous, . | Gromwell, Gentian-root, . Borrage, Dill. Dock-root, — say Saxafrage, Cy Rh Butterbur-root,, Betony, — Piony-root, — Liverwort, » Bay-berries, Germander. - Juniper-berries, oF each of thefe a pound. ‘ One ounce of mutthbes one ounce of cloves, and half an ounce of mace; pick the herbs and flowers, and fhred them a little. a peck of green walnuts and chop them {mall ; mix all thefe together, and lay them to fteep in fack lees, or any white wine | lees, if not in good fpirits; but wine-lees are beft. Let them bic with a flow fire,.and take care your ftill does not burn, The firft, fecond, and third running is good, and fome of the Seog ‘Let them ftand till cold, and then put them togetbel. | To make Surfeit- W ater. You muft take feurvy-grafs, brook-lime, taterccieflus Ro- . man wormwood, rue, mint, baum, fage, clivers, of each one handful; green merery two handfuls ; poppies, if frefh half a peck, if dry a quarter of a peck; cochineal, fix pennyworth, faffron > fix_pennyworth ; ; anife-feeds, carraway- feeds, coriander= feeds, cardamom-feeds, of each an ounce ; liquorice two ounces fcraped, figs fplit_a pound, raifins of the fun {toned a’ pound, flowers of rofemary, marigold and fage-flowers; put all thefe into a large ftone-jar, and put to them three gallons of French brandy ; cover it clofe, and let it ftand near the fire for three the ingredients a gallon more of French brandy. Let it: ftand a week, ftirring it once a day, then difti] it in a-cold ftill, and this | will make a fine white furfeit-water, You may make chig water at any time of the year, if you live at London, becaufe the in- gredients are always to be had either green or dry ; but it is the belt made in fummer. ; ae make Milk-Water. | Take two good handfuls of wormwood,. as much. carduus, 7 a much