Title

Patent granted to Mr. Wm Jayne of Sheffield...

Creator

Mr. William Jane of Sheffield

Date

1694/1795

Description

A recipe for a preservative for eggs using quicklime, salt, and cream of tartar.

Transcript

Patent granted to Mr Wm Jayne of Sheffield confectioner, for his invention of a composition, or mixture, for keeping and preserving perfectly sound, for the space two years at the least the eggs of hens, turkeys, geese, and ducks
Put into a tub or vessel one bushel, Winchester measure, of quick-lime, thirty-two ounces of salt, eight ounces of cream of tartar; and mix the same together with as much water as will make them of such a consistence that it will cause an egg, put into the mixture, to swim with its top just above the surface; then put and keep the eggs therein. which will preserve them perfectly sound for the space of two years at least

Subject

See all items with this valuequicklime (calcium oxide)

See all items with this valuesalt (seasonings)

See all items with this valuecream of tartar

See all items with this valuewater

See all items with this valuefood preservatives

Contributor

Caylor, Karmen

Grimm, Stephanie

Bakir, Mehtap

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.