Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 12, 2015

Enough to Make a Dish

IMG_1768-001   After the young Fennel for the receipt (recipe), A Sallet of Fennel, is tied up in bunches, when your skillet boils, put in enough to make a dish.

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 10, 2015

Take Young Fennel

IMG_1766-001   The 17th century receipt (recipe), A Sallet of Fennel, begins:  Take young Fennel, about a span long in the Spring, tye it up in bunches as you do Sparragrass.   A span is about eight inches in length and Sparragrass (sparrow grass) is asparagus as it is known today.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 8, 2015

A Pudding with Whey

IMG_1982-001  The receipt (recipe), How to make a Pudding with Whey, was prepared with one quart of Whey, one pound of Butter, one penny roll cut very thin in slices, Cinamon, Mace, six eggs, Almonds beaten, Dates cut in quarters, Marrow, Sugar and Rose-water and the dish garnished about the brim with puffed paste.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 6, 2015

Garnish About the Brims

IMG_1976-001   After the almonds, dates, marrow, sugar, and rosewater have been added to the whey, butter, bread, cinnamon, mace batter for the receipt (recipe), How to make a Pudding with Whey, it is ready to be poured into a dish having a garnish about the brims.  For the garnish, decorative puff-paste was used.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 5, 2015

Almonds, Dates and Marrow

IMG_1975-001  After the eggs have been added to the cooled mixture of Whey, butter bread, cinnamon and mace, the receipt (recipe) for How to make a Pudding with Whey states: you may add Almonds beaten, Dates cut in quarters, Marrow, Sugar, Rosewater and salt butter.  The almonds, dates and marrow are ready to be stirred in the kettle.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 4, 2015

Beat and Cast

IMG_1971-001  After the mixture of whey, butter, thin slices of bread, cinnamon and mace has been boiled and cooled for the receipt (recipe), How to make a Pudding with Whey, then cool it and beat to it six eggs, cast away three whites.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 3, 2015

Into a Quart of Whey

IMG_1968-001  For the receipt (recipe), How to make a Pudding with Whey, the first step is to put into a quart of Whey, one pound of Butter, one penny roll cut very thin in slices, a stick or two of Cinamon, some large Mace, and let it boyl all together half a quarter of an hour.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 2, 2015

Whey Ingredients

IMG_1959-001  The ingredients are readied for preparing the receipt (recipe) How to make a Pudding with Whey.  The ingredients include whey, a penny roll, cinnamon, mace, eggs, almonds, dates, marrow and rose-flower water.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | June 28, 2015

To candy Borage-Flowers

IMG_2006-001  Take the Flowers (borage) with the stalks and wash them over with a little Rose-water, wherein Gum arabecke is dissolved, then take fine searced Sugar, and dust over them and set them a drying on the bottome of a Sieve.  This is a receipt (recipe) published by John Haviland in 1636.  The feather was used to wash the petals with the Gum Arabic solution.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | June 27, 2015

Borage in Flower

IMG_2000-001  Nicholas Culpeper described borage, borago officinalis, in The Complete Herbal (published in 1649) as good to expel pensiveness and melancholy.  The plant flowers from early to mid-summer.

Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »

Categories