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[England, 1780-1850] Begins with an 18th-century, undated section of medical recipes, primarily for horses and other animals, but with some remedies for worms in children, ague, heart burn, rheumatism, etc. (p. 1-26), with a listing of the contents of this section on f. i recto. Remainder of the volume comprises culinary recipes for meats, cheeses, puddings, preserves, pickles; mead, wine, shrubs, and other beverages, with a few medical recipes interspersed (p. 40-165). The last section of the volume beginning on p. 107 includes some dates, 1803-1836, and attributions for most of the recipes included; the most frequently occurring names are Mrs. J. Arden Clegg or Isabella Clegg and Miss Barber. One attribution includes a place name, "Mrs. Christopherson, Sutterton, 1803." Other surnames include Barton, Carhill, Carrington, Collin, Forbes, Hamilton, Harrison, Horsley, Howe, Hughes, Parkinson, Urquhart, and Ware; plus the full names Gentle Brown and Charlotte Jones. A few recipes are attributed to "Enquire Within."

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a spoon / no need of boiling it / and put it into bottles or jars.

Receipt for curing bilious complaints Equal parts of powdered Turkey Rhubarb - Calumba Root Carbonate Soda Dose - 1/2 a teaspoonful mixed in water. L. B.

Hair wash Rosemary make into tea. Put into it a piece of camphor the size of a nut and as much as [?] of Borax. Put of few drops of spirits of wine on the on the camphor before putting it into the tea. L.B.

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138 Lemon Curd

1/4 Butter 1 lb loaf sugar broken 6 eggs leaving out 2 whites. The rind of 2 lemons & the juice of 3 [?]ate the milk[?] put all into a pan & let it simmer until it begins to thicken like honey Pour into jars & keep in a cold dry place. Stir it [p?tly] all the time it is on the fire. Mrs G. Brown

Plum Pudding Boil 6 hours 2 lbs of flour 1 lb of currant 1 lb of butter [?] this [?] 1/4 lb[??ndied lemon & citron 1 lb of suet chopped very fine. 1 Table Spoonful of [?hea] two of sugar Mix into a thick paste with boiling 1 pint milk a couple of chopped apples [?] two puddings & will keep 2 or 3 weeks. It should be [?] a few days before it is [?] T.K.

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Coup Tincture

Elisir of Vitriol Spirits of Nitre Laudanum Honey Equal quantites of each Generally two teaspoonsfull of each 30 drops to be taken three times a day in a little water or oftener if the coup is troublesome Mrs Thurtell

Eye Water

Stir pennyworth of Camphor cut into very small bits & put into a cup with a good Spoonful of Brandy poured over it & Stirred up so that the Brandy May touch each bit of Camphor. Cover this up tight till the next day then put it into a quart bottle with a pennyworth of Sulphate of [uis[?] _ fill the bottle with [?] Spring Water & Shake it well - Cork it up till the next day & then Strain through muslin a small [boil?] bottle full at

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140 a time. You will see that the Camphor does not appear to dissolve, but don't mind that, and put back into the large bottle the bits of Camphor you catch in the muslin you strain it through. Miss Clegg -

To Make Apple Jelly. 6 lb of Yorkshire Greens. Wash and core them, cut them in pieces, and put them in cold water. Then put them in a Brass Pan, and nearly cover them with water. let them boil till down to a Pulp. Put them through a Jelly Bag for every pint of juice take one pound of Lump Sugar - take three good Lemons and rub off all the rind on the Sugar. Then squeeze all the juice out - Put all them into the pan on the fire, and let them boil till it is like any other jelly. Mrs. Hamilton.

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A Cake 3 cups of Flour - 2 Teaspoonsful of baking powder. 1 Egg, well beaten - 1 cup of moist sugar - 3 oz of Butter. Put it in the oven directly after Making Miss Orfeus.

Preserved Rhubard. [Rhubarb] Peel a pound of the finest Bhubarb, and cut it into pieces of 2 inches in length. add three quarters of a pound of white sugar, and the rind and juice of one Lemon the rind to be cut into narrow strips. Put all into a preserving kettle, and simmer gently until the Rhubarb is quite soft - take it out carefully with a silver spoon, and put it into jar; then boil the syrup a sufficient time to make it keep well, say one hour, and pour it over the [?]. When cold, put a paper soaked in Brandy over it, and be the jar down. [?]. Mis Hughes / The Cottage/

Paviot Jam Take any quantity of - Carrots when in perfection - put them into a close in a hot oven with as much water as will cover them. When cold, put them through a sieve, and to every pound of pulp add one pound of sugar - boil it well. when cold, put as much Lemon peel grated and the juice as will [make?] it pleasantly and . The Carrots are to be cut round. Mrs Hughes / The Cottage /

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