Items

• Sr. Fleit Shephard’s receipt for a sack-poset [posset]

  A transcribed poem.
• Sore Brests . . . Bruised Blood to bring a way . . .

  A poultice for treating sore breasts made of linseed oil and beeswax.
• Sirope [syrup] of oranges or Lemons

  A method for making syrup by dissolving sugar in orange or lemon juice and boiling with water.
• Sinemon [cinnamon] Water

  A process for making a spiced brandy with cinnamon.
• Sider [cider] Royall

  A process for making a sweetened, fortified cider using brown sugar and spirits.
• Sack Puding [Pudding] my Lady Abergavenry

  A recipe for making pudding
• Receipt for Preserving Eggs. G : W.

  This recipe gives instructions for preserving eggs using quicklime.
• Quinsey

  A treatment for the condition known as quinsy/quinsey, a potentially life-threatening complication from tonsillitis.
• Powder for Convulsion fits which was never known to fail, when taken in time

  A remedy for treating convulsions (possibly epileptic seizures?) using lady's smock flowers, powdered and distilled in water.
• Potatoe [potato] Bread

  A recipe for bread made with boiled, sieved potatoes and wheat flour.
• Plague Water to Make

  A recipe for a medicinal drink made from a mixture of plants.
• Phistillia [fistula] watter [water] which will keep the pipe from growing & desolve [dissolve] ye Lump that is hard

  Describes a recipe for "fistula water," a remedy for treating fistulas using alum, zinc sulfate ("white vitriol"), and bole armeniac (a kind of clay uses as a styptic).
• Phiseck and Surgery May be found here

  A header for a section of the recipe book featuring medical and surgical remedies.
• Patent granted to Mr. Wm Jayne of Sheffield...

  A recipe for a preservative for eggs using quicklime, salt, and cream of tartar.
• Paste for the thin Tarts

  A recipe for tarts using flour, an egg, sugar, butter, water, and apples.
• Orang Buter [orange butter]

  A recipe for making orange butter.
• Napels bisket the beste

  A recipe for making naples biscuits using almond flour and sweet cream.
• My Unkle Bladen’s Balsom for Man of Horseflesh

  A medicinal recipe using myrrh and aloe dissolved in alcohol.
• My Mothers resept for Almond pufs

  A recipe for almond puffs.
• My Lady Plymoths Sack Poset [posset]

  Describes a recipe for "sack posset," a kind of hot drink made with milk curdled with alcohol. This recipe uses sack, a kind of white wine.
• My Lady Neviles orange Kakes [cakes]

  A recipe for making a confection by mixing orange peel and fruit with boiled sugar.
• My lady Nevels Surfit [surfeit] water

  A recipe for surfeit water (liquid medicine for indigestion).
• My Lady Nevels orange or lemon Kakes [cakes]

  A recipe for a confection made by stewing orange peel and pulp with boiled sugar to make small cakes
• My Lady N French Bread

  A recipe for French bread using flour, milk, eggs, ale yeast, and salt.
• My Grandmothers F: Sear Cloth

  A recipe for an oil to be applied to clothes, made from red lead, white lead, bole armoniac (or Armenian bole, a type of clay), and olive oil.