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1910

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he is sticked, and store of water to these. Boil and scum them, till the first foul scum is risen and taken away ; afterwards scum no more, but let the blood boil into the broth. You may put a quartered Onion or two to them, if you like them. After four or five hours boyling, put in a good knuckle with some of the legof Veal ;and, if you please, a crag-end or two of necks of Mutton. Let these boil very well with the rest. You may put in what herbs you please, in due time, as Lettice, Sorrel, Borage and Bugloss, Spinage and Endive, Purslane, &c. and a bundle of sweet herbs : In winter. Cabbage, or Turneps, or Parsley-roots, or Endive, &c. It will be done in two or three hours after the Veal and Mutton are in. Pour out the broth, and boil it a little by it self over a Chafing-dish, in some deep vessel, to scum off the superfluous fat. Then pour it upon tosted bread (by degrees, if you will, stewing it, to gelly it) to serve it in (after it hath stewed a little,) you must remember to season it with salt, Pepper and Cloves, in the due time. You will do well to quicken it with some VerjuyceGood Nourishing Potage,orjuyce of Orange ; or with some yolks of Eggs and the juyces, if the broth be not over-strong. Green-pease in the sea- son do well with the Potage. You may put in, near the beginning, some bottom of a Peppered Pasty, or of a loaf of bread. WHEATEN FLOMMERY In the West-country, they make a kind of Flom- ery of wheat flower, which they judge to be more harty and pleasant then that of Oat-meal, Thus ; Take half, or a quarter of a bushel of good Bran THE CLOSET OPEDjED 135 ofthe best wheat (which containeth the purest flow- er of it, though little, and is used to make starch,) and in a great woodden bowl or pail, let it soak with cold water upon it three or four days. Then strain out the milky water from it, and boil it up to a gelly or like starch. Which you may season with Sugar and Rose or Orange-flower- water, and let it stand till it be cold, and gellied. Then eat it with white or Rhenish-wine, or Cream, or Milk, or AleWheaten Flommery. PAP OF OAT-MEAL Beat Oat-meal small ; put a little of it to milk, and let it boil stewingly, till you see that the milk be- gins to thicken with it. Then strain the milk from the Oat-meal (this is as when you soak or boil out the substance of Oatmeal with water, to make Flom- ery,) then boil up that milk to the height of Pap, which sweeten with a little Sugar, and put to it some yolks of Eggs dissolved in Rose or Orange-Flower- water, and let it mittonner a while upon the Chafing- dish, and a little Butter, if you like it. You may boil a little Mace in the Milk. PANADO Beat a couple of New-laid-eggs in good clear broth ; heat this a little, stirring it all the while. Then pour this upon a Panado made thick of the same broth ; and keep them a little upon a Chafing-dish to incor- porate, stirring them all the while. BARLEY PAP Boil Barley in water usq. ad Putrilaginem^ with a flake or two of Mace or a quartered Nutmeg ; and when it is in a manner dissolved in water with long boiling, strain out all the Cream or Pap, leaving the 136 SIR KENELMS DIGS IS