Fish Sauce

Item

Title
Fish Sauce
Creator
Mrs. Foljambe
H. Spencer
Date
en 1694/1795
Description
A recipe for brewing a sauce using port wine, anchovies, vinegar, horseradish, onion, and herbs and spices.
Transcript
Take a pint of [red] port fifteen Anchovies a Gill of Vinegar a Stick of Horse Radish cut into Slices a large Onion quartered a handful of Parsley a little Thyme two bay leaves a nutmeg rub into small Pieces a few Blades of mace as much beat Pepper as wile lay on a half Crown & 8 or 9 Cloves simmer these altogether till the Anchovies are quite dissolved strain it through a corse Sive & when cold bottle it. It must be well corked & kept in a dry Place shake the Bottle before you [text loss] it. Two Table-Spoonfull to a Quarter of a Pound of [text loss] is the Proportion for the Sauce use no Flower or water in melting the Be[text loss]
Mrs. Foljambes Receipt H Spencer Aug 9th 1785
Contributor
Cheston, Jarissa
Le, Vincent
en Grimm, Stephanie
en Salahuddin, Shafiya
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.