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To drye artichoake bottoms
Boyle them as usually till the leves take well from the
bottome on some flat thing & put them soe into an oven,
after things ar drawn out of it when it is to be soposed it
is allmost cold that thay may be but Iust dry
keeping their green Colour.
Syrrop of Elder
Put the Berrys into a Iugg & stop it close.
then put it into a kettle of water & let
it simmer over the fire till all the Iuice
is drawn out; & to a pint of Liquor Put
a pound & 3/4 of sugar, & boyle it to a syrrop x
To scow'r Irons
Take wet sand, scow'r Your Bars with
it, then wipe 'em dry with a linnen
Cloth, afterwards rub 'em with Woollen
Mrs Berkers Rec.eipt flourish
To Make a seed Cake
Take a pound of Butter, wash it in Rose Water,
then work it with your hand 'till tis as thin as
Cream, then take a pound of flower well Dry'd,
and a pound of double refin'd sugar finely beaten
Two Ounces of Carraway seeds, three thimbles
full of pounded mace, Mix all the dry things
togather and put them by degrees into the
Butter then mix them well togather then beat
9 Eggs, half the Whites, and 3 or four spoonfuls
of sack Put these into the other Ingredrients, beat
it all well with your hands, having your Oven
ready put your Cake into the hoop and have
a double paper Butter'd to put over it if there
is Occasion
One hour will bake it.
flourish
To drye artichoake bottoms
Boyle them as usually till the leves take well from the
bottome on some flat thing & put them soe into an oven,
after things ar drawn out of it when it is to be soposed it
is allmost cold that thay may be but Iust dry
keeping their green Colour.
Syrrop of Elder
Put the Berrys into a Iugg & stop it close.
then put it into a kettle of water & let
it simmer over the fire till all the Iuice
is drawn out; & to a pint of Liquor Put
a pound & 3/4 of sugar, & boyle it to a syrrop x
To scow'r Irons
Take wet sand, scow'r Your Bars with
it, then wipe 'em dry with a linnen
Cloth, afterwards rub 'em with Woollen
Mrs Berkers Rec.eipt flourish
To Make a seed Cake
Take a pound of Butter, wash it in Rose Water,
then work it with your hand 'till tis as thin as
Cream, then take a pound of flower well Dry'd,
and a pound of double refin'd sugar finely beaten
Two Ounces of Carraway seeds, three thimbles
full of pounded mace, Mix all the dry things
togather and put them by degrees into the
Butter then mix them well togather then beat
9 Eggs, half the Whites, and 3 or four spoonfuls
of sack Put these into the other Ingredrients, beat
it all well with your hands, having your Oven
ready put your Cake into the hoop and have
a double paper Butter'd to put over it if there
is Occasion
One hour will bake it.
flourish