Title

A reseit for a Diate [diet] drink

Date

1694/1795

Description

A recipe for a drink containing a mixture of herbs and ale.

Transcript

Rx of the Roots of large English Ruburb & of the roots of mader both newly diged up of Each one pound of the hearb Egerymony Self heale water Cresies brooke lime of Each thre hand fulls 4 ounces of scance of the seeds of anas swet fenell & mustard seed of Each 4 ounces Lickerice 4 ounces bruce all these to gether put them in to a bag wth 4 handfuls of Scurvey gras. 2 handfuls of grene wormwode brused then Tun it up in a bag with 4 Galluns of strong alle

Subject

See all items with this valueherbs

See all items with this valuemustard seeds

See all items with this valuescurvy grass (cochlearia officinalis)

See all items with this valuerhubarb

See all items with this valueanise seed

See all items with this valuelicorice (galium circaezans)

See all items with this valuebrooklime (veronica beccabunga)

See all items with this valueself-heal (prunella vulgaris)

See all items with this valuemadder (rubia tinctorum)

See all items with this valueAgrimonia

See all items with this valuewatercress (nasturtium officinale)

See all items with this valuemedicinal plants

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth

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.