To Make Calves foot Jelley
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To Make Calves foot Jelley
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To Make Calves foot Jelley
Take 2 Gang of Calves [foore] boyle ym till ye haire Come of but no more yn take 6 Quarts of faire water put yn in & boyle ym till 2 quarts of it be boyled a way & if it will be Jely let it run throw a Streaner so stand till it be Couled yn take of all that is [fat] or [illegible] but you must boyle some lemmond Peill when you first boyle it yn put it in to a pip[illegible] on a clea[r]e fire & beat ye White of 3 Eggs & put in to it let it all Simer to gether and thare will Rise a [Scum] which take cleare of have redy ye [text loss] of 4 or 3 lemmons & put in by 2 or 3 spoune fuls at a time but be sure to keep 4 spoune fuls till you take it of ye fire yn put in 9 or 10 of ye best [Renish] wine spounefuls you may put in more or les as you [two words illegible] for ye sti[f]ing on ye jely yn sweten it with Duble refined Suger yn take your lemmon peill that was boyled & cut it in long small peices in ye bo[t]om of your Glases but let youre jely run throw a strean[inserted above: er] [t]urn it out of your Glases when its Colde [so use] it it will be as clea[r]e as [Rock] water
Take 2 Gang of Calves [foore] boyle ym till ye haire Come of but no more yn take 6 Quarts of faire water put yn in & boyle ym till 2 quarts of it be boyled a way & if it will be Jely let it run throw a Streaner so stand till it be Couled yn take of all that is [fat] or [illegible] but you must boyle some lemmond Peill when you first boyle it yn put it in to a pip[illegible] on a clea[r]e fire & beat ye White of 3 Eggs & put in to it let it all Simer to gether and thare will Rise a [Scum] which take cleare of have redy ye [text loss] of 4 or 3 lemmons & put in by 2 or 3 spoune fuls at a time but be sure to keep 4 spoune fuls till you take it of ye fire yn put in 9 or 10 of ye best [Renish] wine spounefuls you may put in more or les as you [two words illegible] for ye sti[f]ing on ye jely yn sweten it with Duble refined Suger yn take your lemmon peill that was boyled & cut it in long small peices in ye bo[t]om of your Glases but let youre jely run throw a strean[inserted above: er] [t]urn it out of your Glases when its Colde [so use] it it will be as clea[r]e as [Rock] water
Contributor
Caylor, Karmen
Le, Vincent
Source
Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
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Public domain. There are no known restrictions.