To Make Mrs Fleetwoods Surfeit Watter
Item
Title
To Make Mrs Fleetwoods Surfeit Watter
Date
en
1694/1795
Transcript
To Make Mrs [F]leetwoods [Furfeit] Watter
Rx 6 pound of Rasins of ye Sun stone [illegible] 4 pound of figes slise them 2 pound of dates shreed 8 ounces of liquoo[illegible] scrapt, sliced halfe an ounce of Cinnamon as much of - Mace & Cloves bruies these spices, let them all in fuse in 3 Gallonsof Aquavite & [strikeout] 3 Gallons of Anniseed watter in an earthen- jar 14 days sturing it once every day then put to it 2 quarts of di[f]stilled popy watter, as much of red rose watter a peck of Clove July Flowers Cut ye topes in, as many popy Flowers as will Colour it Claret Colour clean pickt, sifted from ye seeds then strain it through a jelly bag let it stand a day & a night yn bottell it up you must keep it close- coverd all this while swetten it when you bottell it w[inserted above: th] very fine powder suger, you may destill the druges and will yield you an excelent white [surfiet] watter
Rx 6 pound of Rasins of ye Sun stone [illegible] 4 pound of figes slise them 2 pound of dates shreed 8 ounces of liquoo[illegible] scrapt, sliced halfe an ounce of Cinnamon as much of - Mace & Cloves bruies these spices, let them all in fuse in 3 Gallonsof Aquavite & [strikeout] 3 Gallons of Anniseed watter in an earthen- jar 14 days sturing it once every day then put to it 2 quarts of di[f]stilled popy watter, as much of red rose watter a peck of Clove July Flowers Cut ye topes in, as many popy Flowers as will Colour it Claret Colour clean pickt, sifted from ye seeds then strain it through a jelly bag let it stand a day & a night yn bottell it up you must keep it close- coverd all this while swetten it when you bottell it w[inserted above: th] very fine powder suger, you may destill the druges and will yield you an excelent white [surfiet] watter
Contributor
Caylor, Karmen
Le, Vincent
Source
Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
Rights
Public domain. There are no known restrictions.