with it (stirring it a long time very well, so much
as to have it of a fit consistence for Mustard. Then
put a good quantity of fine Sugar to it, as five or
six spoonfuls, or more, to a pint of Mustard. Stir
and incorporate all well together. This will keep
good a long time. Some do like to put to it a little
(but a little) of very sharp Wine-vinegar.
TO MAKE A WHITE-POT
Boil three pints of sweet Cream with a very little
Salt and some sliced Nutmeg. As soon as it begins
to boil, take it from the fire. In the mean time
beat the yolks of twelve or fifteen new-laid Eggs
very well with some Rose or Orange-flower-water,
and sweeten the Cream to your taste✪ White-Pot with Sugar.
Then beat three or four spoonfuls of Cream with
them, and quickly as many more ; so proceeding,
till you have incorporated all the Cream and all the
Eggs. Then pour the Eggs and Cream into a deep
dish laid over with sippets of fine light bread, which
will rise up to the top for the most part. When it
is cooled and thickened enough to bear Raisins of
the Sun, strew all over the top with them (well-
washed.) Then press a little way into it with great
lumps of raw Marrow. Two bones will suffice.
Cover your dish with another, and set it upon a
great pot of boiling water, with a good space be-
tween the water and the dish, that there be room
for the hot steam to rise and strike upon the dish.
Keep good fire always under your pot. In less then
an hour (usually) it is baked enough. You will
perceive that, if the Marrow look brown, and be
-enough baked. If it should continue longer on the
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heat, it would melt. You may bake it in an oven
if you will ; but it is hard to regulate it so, that it
be not too much or too little : whereas the boiling
water is certain. You may strew Ambred Sugar
upon it, either before you set it to bake, or after
it is done.
FOR ROSTING OF MEAT
To rost fine meat (as Partridge, Pheasant, Chick-
en, Pigeon) that it be full of juyce ; baste it as soon
as it is through hot, and time to baste, with Butter.
When it is very moist all over, sprinkle flower
upon it every where, that by turning about the fire,,
it may become a thin crust. Then baste it no more
till the latter end. This crust will keep in all the
juyce. A little before you take it up, baste it again
with Butter, and this will melt away all the crust.
Then give it three or four turns of the spit, that
it may make the outside yellow and crisp.
You may also baste such meat with yolks of new-
laid Eggs, beaten into a thin oyl. But with this you
continue basting all the while the meat rosteth.
TO STEW A RUMP OF BEEF
Take a rump of Beef, break all the bones ; season
it with Pepper and Salt to your liking ; Take three
or four Nutmegs,and aquantityof Mace, beat them
grossly ; Then take a bunch of very good sweet
herbs, and one good Onion cut in quarters, or Gar-
like, as you like it. Put in half a pint of White-wine
Vinegar, and one pint of good Claret, one handful
of Sugar ; and a piece or two of beef Suet or Butter :
shred some Cabbage under and over, and scrape in
a pound of good old Cheese. Put all these into aa
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earthen pot, and let it stand in an oven with brown-
bread four or five hours ; but let the pot be covered
close with paste. ✪ Stewed Rump of Beef
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with it (stirring it a long time very well, so much as to have it of a fit consistence for Mustard. Then put a good quantity of fine Sugar to it, as five or six spoonfuls, or more, to a pint of Mustard. Stir and incorporate all well together. This will keep good a long time. Some do like to put to it a little (but a little) of very sharp Wine-vinegar. TO MAKE A WHITE-POT Boil three pints of sweet Cream with a very little Salt and some sliced Nutmeg. As soon as it begins to boil, take it from the fire. In the mean time beat the yolks of twelve or fifteen new-laid Eggs very well with some Rose or Orange-flower-water, and sweeten the Cream to your taste with Sugar. Then beat three or four spoonfuls of Cream with them, and quickly as many more ; so proceeding, till you have incorporated all the Cream and all the Eggs. Then pour the Eggs and Cream into a deep dish laid over with sippets of fine light bread, which will rise up to the top for the most part. When it is cooled and thickened enough to bear Raisins of the Sun, strew all over the top with them (wellwashed.) Then press a little way into it with great lumps of raw Marrow. Two bones will suffice. Cover your dish with another, and set it upon a great pot of boiling water, with a good space between the water and the dish, that there be room for the hot steam to rise and strike upon the dish. Keep good fire always under your pot. In less then an hour (usually) it is baked enough. You will perceive that, if the Marrow look brown, and be -enough baked. If it should continue longer on the
heat, it would melt. You may bake it in an oven if you will ; but it is hard to regulate it so, that it be not too much or too little : whereas the boiling water is certain. You may strew Ambred Sugar upon it, either before you set it to bake, or after it is done.
FOR ROSTING OF MEAT To rost fine meat (as Partridge, Pheasant, Chicken, Pigeon) that it be full of juyce ; baste it as soon as it is through hot, and time to baste, with Butter. When it is very moist all over, sprinkle flower upon it every where, that by turning about the fire, it may become a thin crust. Then baste it no more till the latter end. This crust will keep in all the juyce. A little before you take it up, baste it again with Butter, and this will melt away all the crust. Then give it three or four turns of the spit, that it may make the outside yellow and crisp.
You may also baste such meat with yolks of newlaid Eggs, beaten into a thin oyl. But with this you continue basting all the while the meat rosteth. TO STEW A RUMP OF BEEF Take a rump of Beef, break all the bones ; season it with Pepper and Salt to your liking ; Take three or four Nutmegs,and aquantityof Mace, beat them grossly ; Then take a bunch of very good sweet herbs, and one good Onion cut in quarters, or Garlike, as you like it. Put in half a pint of White-wine Vinegar, and one pint of good Claret, one handful of Sugar ; and a piece or two of beef Suet or Butter : shred some Cabbage under and over, and scrape in a pound of good old Cheese. Put all these into a
earthen pot, and let it stand in an oven with brownbread four or five hours ; but let the pot be covered close with paste.
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