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following are really old fashioned recipes with herbs. Some of them
are over the hundred years old.
The most of them I've
found at Botanical.com
'A
Relish for Roast Pork or Goose
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'2 OZ. of leaves of Green Sage
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1
ounce of fresh lemon peel, pared thin,
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1
ounce of salt
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1
ounce minced shallot
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1/2
drachm of Cayenne pepper
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1
/ 2 drachm of citric acid
Steep
the mixture for a
fortnight in a pint of claret. Shake it well every day; let it stand
a day to settle and decant the clear liquid. Bottle it and cork it
close. Use a tablespoonful or more in 1/4 pint of gravy or melted
butter.'
A more modern Sage Sauce, excellent with Roast Pork is:
Sagina Sauce
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Take
6 large Sage leaves
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2
onions
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1
teaspoonful of flour
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1
teaspoonful of vinegar
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butter
the size of a walnut
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a
dash of salt and pepper
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1/2
pint of good, brown gravy
Scald
the Sage leaves and chop them with the onions to a mincemeat. Put
them in a stewpan with the butter, sprinkle in the flour, cover
close and steam 10 minutes. Then add the vinegar, gravy and
seasoning and simmer half an hour.
From
Walsh's Manual of Domestic Economy, 1857:
'Sage Cheese
'Bruise the tops of young red Sage in a mortar with some leaves
of spinach and squeeze the juice; mix it with the rennet in the
milk, more or less, according to the preferred color and taste. When
the curd is come, break it gently and put it in with the skimmer
till it is pressed two inches above the vat. Press it 8 or 10 hours.
Salt it and turn every day.'
A
Sallet of Fennel
'Take young Fennel, about a span long in the spring, tye it up in bunches
as you do Sparragrass; when your Skillet boyle, put in enough to
make a dish; when it is boiled and drained, dish it up as you do
Sparragrass, pour on butter and vinegar and send it up.' (From The
Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, 1675, by William Tabisha.)
Fennel
and Gooseberry Sauce
'Brown some butter in a saucepan with a pinch of flour, then put in a few
cives shred small, add a little Irish broth to moisten it, season
with salt and pepper; make these boil, then put in two or three
sprigs of Fennel and some Gooseberries. Let all simmer together till
the Gooseberries are soft and then put in some Cullis.' (From
Receipt Book of Henry Howard, Cook to the Duke of Ormond, 1710.)
Dill
and Collyflower Pickle
'Boil the Collyflowers till they fall inpieces; then with some of the
stalk and worst of the flower boil it in a part of the liquer till
pretty strong. Then being taken off strain it- and when settled,
clean it from the bottom. Then with Dill, gross pepper, a pretty
quantity of salt, when cold add as much vinegar as will make it
sharp and pour all upon the Collyflower.' (From Acetaria, a book
about Sallets, 1680, by John Evelyn.)
To
Pickle Cucumbers in Dill
'Gather the tops of the ripest dill and cover the bottom of the vessel,
and lay a layer of Cucumbers and another of Dill till you have
filled the vessel within a handful of the top. Then take as much
water as you think will fill the vessel and mix it with salt and a
quarter of a pound of allom to a gallon of water and poure it on
them and press them down with a stone on them and keep them covered
close. For that use I think the water will be best boiled and cold,
which will keep longer sweet, or if you like not this pickle, doe it
with water, salt and white wine vinegar, or (if you please) pour the
water and salt on them scalding hot which will make them ready to
use the sooner.' (From Receipt Book of Joseph Cooper, Cook to
Charles I, 1640.)
Mint
Vinegar
Fill
a jar or bottle with young mint leaves picked from the stalks. Cover
with cold vinegar and cork or cover the bottle. Infuse for 14 days,
then strain off the vinegar.
This
vinegar is sometimes employed in making Mint Jelly.
Mint
jelly
Peel
the lemon very thinly, slightly whip the white of egg, wash and
crush the shell. Put all the ingredients into a pan, strain in the
juice of the lemon and whisk over the fire until just on boiling
point. Boil up, then draw the pan to the side of the fire and simmer
very gently for 20 minutes. Strain through a jelly bag until clear.
Put into a mould
to set. If liked, finely chopped mint may be added to the jelly
after straining it, or more mint can be used and no Tarragon
Vinegar.
Mint
Punch
Pick
a quart of fresh mint leaves, then wash and dry them by shaking them
in a clean kitchen towel. Put them into a large jug and mash them
with a wooden spoon till soft, when cover with freshly boiled water
and infuse for ten minutes. Strain, cool, then set on ice till
required. Add two cups of chilled grape juice and strained lemon
juice to taste. Sweeten with castor sugar, stir till sugar is
dissolved and then add a quart of ginger ale. Fill each tumbler to
one-third with cracked ice and fill up with the punch.
Nettle
Pudding
To 1 gallon of young Nettle tops, thoroughly washed, add 2 good-sized
leeks or onions, 2 heads of broccoli or small cabbage, or Brussels
sprouts, and 1/4 lb. of rice.
Clean
the vegetables well; chop the broccoli and leeks and mix with the
Nettles. Place all together in a muslin bag, alternately with the
rice, and tie tightly.
Boil
in salted water, long enough to cook the vegetables, the time
varying according to the tenderness or other vise of the greens.
Serve with gravy or melted butter. These quantities are sufficient
for six persons.
An
old recipe for Elder Wine 1
'To every quart of berries put 2 quarts of water; boil half an hour,
run the liquor and break the fruit through a hair sieve; then to
every quart of juice, put 3/4 of a pound of Lisbon sugar, coarse,
but not the very coarsest. Boil the whole a quarter of an hour with
some Jamaica peppers, ginger, and a few cloves. Pour it into a tub,
and when of a proper warmth, into the barrel, with toast and yeast
to work, which there is more difficulty to make it do than most
other liquors. When it ceases to hiss, put a quart of brandy to
eight gallons and stop up. Bottle in the spring, or at Christmas.
The liquor must be in a warm place to make it work.
The
following recipe for making Elder Wine 2 is given by Mrs. Hewlett in
a work entitled Cottage Comforts:
'If two gallons of wine are to be
made, get one gallon of Elderberries, and a quart of damsons, or
sloes; boil them together in six quarts of water, for half an hour,
breaking the fruit with a stick, flat at one end; run off the
liquor, and squeeze the pulp through a sieve, or straining cloth;
boil the liquor up again with six pounds of coarse sugar, two ounces
of ginger, two ounces of bruised allspice, and one ounce of
hops;
(the spice had better be loosely tied in a bit of muslin); let this
boil above half an hour; then pour it off, when quite cool, stir in
a teacup of yeast, and cover it up to work. After two days, skim off
the yeast, and put the wine into the barrel, and when it ceases to
hiss, which will be in about a fortnight, paste a stiff brown paper
over the bung-hole. After this, it will be fit for use in about 8
weeks, but will keep 8 years, if required. The bag of spice may be
dropped in at the bung-hole, having a string fastened outside, which
shall keep it from reaching the bottom of the barrel.'
Elder
wine recipe 3
'Strip the berries, which must be quite ripe, into a dry pan and pour 2
gallons of boiling water over 3 gallons of berries. Cover and leave
in a warm place for 24 hours; then strain, pressing the juice well
out. Measure it and allow 3 pounds of sugar, half an ounce of ginger
and 1/4 ounce of cloves to each gallon. Boil for 20 minutes slowly,
then strain it into a cask and ferment when lukewarm. Let it remain
until still, before bunging, and bottle in six months.
'If
a weaker wine is preferred, use 4 gallons of water to 3 gallons of
berries and leave for two days before straining.
'If
a cask be not available, large stone jars will answer: then the wine
need not be bottled.'
Elderberry
jam with apples
Equal
quantities of Elderberries and Apples, 3/4 lb. sugar and one lemon
to each pound of fruit. Strip the berries from the stalks, peel,
core and cut up the apples and weigh both fruits. Put the
Elderberries into a pan over low heat and bruise them with a wooden
spoon. When the juice begins to flow, add the Apples and one-third
of the sugar and bring slowly to the boil. When quite soft, rub all
through a hair sieve. Return the pulp to the pan, add the rest of
the sugar, the grated lemon rind and juice and boil for half an
hour, or until the jam sets when tested. Remove all scum, put into
pots and cover.
Elderberry
Jam without Apples
To every pound of berries add 1/4 pint of water, the juice of 2
lemons and 1 lb. of sugar. Boil from 30 to 45 minutes, until it sets
when tested. Put into jars and tie down when cold.
Elderflower
Vinegar
Take 2 lb. of dried flowers of Elder. If you use your own flowers,
pluck carefully their stalks from them and dry them carefully and
thoroughly. This done, place in a large vessel and pour over them 2
pints of good vinegar. Close the vessel hermetically, keep it in a
very warm place and shake them from time to time. After 8 days,
strain the vinegar through a paper filter. Keep in well-stoppered
bottles.
This
is an old-world simple, but rarely met with nowadays, but worth the
slight trouble of making.
Elderberry
Chutney
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2 lb. Elderberries
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1
large Onion
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1
pint vinegar
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1
teaspoonful salt
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1
teaspoonful ground ginger
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2
tablespoons sugar
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1
teaspoonful cayenne and mixed spices
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1
teaspoonful mustard seed.
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Some
salt to taste
Stalk,
weigh and wash the berries; put them into a pan and bruise with a
wooden spoon; chop the onion and add with the rest of the
ingredients and vinegar. Bring to the boil and simmer till it
becomes thick. Stir well, being careful not to let it burn as it
thickens. Put into jars and cover.
Chestnut
Soup
Scald, peel and scrape 50 large chestnuts; put these into a stewpan with
2 OZ. of butter, an onion, 4 lumps of sugar, and a little pepper and
salt, and simmer the whole over a slow fire for three-quarters of an
hour; then bruise the chestnuts in a mortar; remove the pulp into a
stewpan, add a quart of good brown gravy, and having rubbed the purée
through a Tammy, pour it into a stewpan; make it hot and serve with
fried crusts.
Chestnut
Pudding
Put
12 OZ. of chestnut farina into
a stewpan, and add 6 oz. of pounded sugar, a spoonful of vanilla
sugar, a pinch of salt, 4 oz. of butter, and a pint of milk; stir
this over the fire till it thickens, and then quicken the motion of
the spoon until the paste leaves the sides of the stewpan; it must
then be removed from the fire, and the yolks of 6 eggs incorporated
therewith- then mix in gently the 6 whites whipped firm, and use
this preparation to fill a plain mould spread inside with butter;
place it on a baking-sheet, and bake it in an oven of moderate heat
for about an hour; when done, turn it out on its dish, pour some
diluted apricot jam round it, and serve.
Plain
unspiced Apple Marmalade
Peel,
and core and cut up 12
lb. of apples. Cook them very gently with 6 lb. of sugar and 1 quart
of cider till the fruit is very soft. Then pour through a sieve and
place in glass jars. This is delicious with cream as a sweet.
Spiced
Apples
Peel some nice-shaped firm apples, and for every 3 lb. allow 1 quart
of vinegar, 4 lb. of sugar, 1 OZ. of stick cinnamon, and 1/2 oz. of
cloves. Boil sugar, vinegar, and spices together, then put in the
apples, and let them cook until tender. Put them into a jar; boil
down the syrup quite thick, and pour it over. Cover and keep for a
few months in a cool place.
Apple
Ginger recipe 1
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4 lb. apples
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3
pt. water
4 lb. sugar
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2
OZ. essence of ginger
Boil
sugar and water until they form a syrup. Add ginger. Pare, core and
quarter apples, boil them in the syrup until transparent. Place in
warm, clean, dry jars. Tie down at once.
Apple
ginger recipe 2
Pare
apples and cut up in small pieces. Put in a basin of water till
required; then put skins and cores into preserving pan, cover with
water and boil till tender; strain and measure juice. To 3 pints of
juice allow 2 lb. of sugar. Take next the cut apples and weigh them.
To every 3 lb. allow 2 lb. of sugar. Put apples, juice, sugar and
ginger all together into pan, and boil till ready.
Apple
Jelly
6 lb. apples (any kind).
1 lemon.
Wipe and cut apples in four, remove bad parts. Place in preserving pan
with lemon, well cover with water. Boil to a pulp. Place in a bag,
allow to drip into a clean basin all night. Return to pan, adding 1
lb. sugar to each pint of juice. Boil for 3/4 hour or until jelly will
set. Pour into clean, dry, warm jar. Tie down at once.
Crab-apple
Jelly
Cook the Crab-apples with 6 cloves and an inch of ginger until the fruit
is soft. Strain, boil again and add 3/4 lb. of sugar to a pint of
liquid. Let boil until it jells. To make a successful jelly, the fruit
should not be cooked too long, and the sugar should be added just
before the strained liquid boils.
Apples
Stewed Whole
Take 6 large Red apples, wash carefully and put in a fruit kettle, with
just enough boiling water to cover. Cover the kettle, and cook slowly
until the apples are soft, with the skins broken and the juice a rich
red color. After removing the apples, boil the juice to a syrup,
sweeten, and pour over the apples. A better plan is to make a syrup
with sugar and water in which apples are stewed whole or sliced. Some
add a clove, others the rind of lemon to improve the flavor.
Apples
with Raisins
Pare, core, and quarter a dozen or more medium-sized apples. Clean
thoroughly one fourth the weight of apples in raisins, and pour over
them a quart of boiling water. Let them steep until well swollen, then
add the apples, and cook until tender. Sugar to sweeten may be added
if desired, although little will be needed unless the apples are very
tart. Dried apples soaked overnight may be made much more palatable by
stewing with raisins or English currants in the same way for about 40
minutes.
Apple
Sandwiches
Cut apples into very thin slices, and lay between slices of bread and
butter.
Apple
and Egg Cream
Stew and strain 1 large tart apple, when cold add the well-beaten white
of an egg. Serve with cream.
Apple
Water
The following is an excellent recipe for a suitable drink for all fevers
and feverish conditions:
Slice
thinly 3 or 4 apples without peeling. Boil in a saucepan with a quart
of water and a little sugar until the slices become soft. The apple
water must then be strained and taken cold.
Apple
Fool
Wash
and wipe the fruit, remove any damaged portions, and cut into quarters
without peeling or coring. Put it into a pan with the sugar, water,
and flavouring, bring to the boil, and simmer until the fruit is soft.
If too dry add a little more water. Rub through a sieve, and mix the
puree with custard or cream.
Pears
(windfall) or plums of any kind may be used in the same way, or apples
and pears mixed.
Apple,
Pear and Plum Jam
Cut
the windfall apples and pears in quarters (do not peel or core), put
into a preserving pan with the plums, and add enough water to cover
the bottom of the pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer until soft.
Press out all the juice by pouring the fruit on to a fine hair sieve.
Strain the juice through muslin, and boil it quickly in an uncovered
pan until thick like a syrup. Put the syrup into bottles and cork
well. Tie bladder or run sealing wax over the corks, and store in a
dry, cool place.
Apple Chutney
Peel,
core and slice the apples, put them into a pan with the sugar and
vinegar and simmer until the apples are soft. Wash the mustard seed
with vinegar and dry in a cool oven. Stone and chop the raisins. Peel
and slice the garlic and onions, slice the chillies and pound them all
in a mortar with the ginger and mustard seeds. When the apples are
soft add the rest of the ingredients and let the mixture become cold.
Mix well and put into bottles. Cork and cover like jam.
Note
- Some prefer not to pound the chillies, but to add them just before
putting the chutney into the bottles.
Stewed
Parsnips
Wash, peel and cut 3 Parsnips into slices, then boil them till they are
nearly done, drain them and let them cool. Melt 2 or 3 OZ. bacon fat
in a stewpan; when hot, fry the Parsnips to a light brown color. Next
add a tablespoonful of flour and moisten with sufficient brown stock
just to cover the Parsnips. Season with salt and pepper, and 1 or 2
tablespoons full of tomato sauce. Bring to the boil and let the
Parsnips simmer slowly for another 20 minutes. Dish up and serve with
the prepared sauce.
Parsnip
Cakes
Parsnips mashed with a little butter and pepper and salt, and then dipped
into flour and formed into small, round cakes, are nice if fried in
lard, dripping or bacon fat.
Parsnip
Salad
Plainly-boiled
Parsnips, when cold, make an excellent salad. Slice the Parsnips, not
too
thinly, and season with salt and pepper, and mix with a simple French
oil and vinegar salad dressing.
Parsnip
Wine
Take 15 lb. of sliced Parsnips, and boil until quite soft in 5 gallons of
water; squeeze the liquor well out of them, run it through a sieve and
add 3 lb. of coarse lump sugar to every gallon of liquor. Boil the
whole for 3/4 hour. When it is nearly cold, add a little yeast on
toast. Let it remain in a tub for 10 days, stirring it from the bottom
every day; then put it into a cask for a year. As it works over, fill
it up every day.
Raspberry
Wine
To
every 3 pints of fruit, carefully cleared from mouldy or bad, put 1
quart of water; bruise the former. In 24 hours strain the liquor and
put to every quart 1 lb. of sugar, of good middling quality, of
Lisbon. If for white currants, use lump sugar. It is best to put
the
fruit, etc., into a large pan, and when, in three or four days, the
scum rises, take that off before the liquor be put into the barrel.
Those who make from their own gardens may not have a sufficiency to
fill the barrel at once; the wine will not hurt if made in the pan in
the above proportions, and added as the fruit ripens, and can be
gathered in dry weather.
Keep
an account of what is put in each time.
Raspberry
Vinegar
Put
1 lb. of fine fruit into a china-bowl, and pour upon it 1 quart of the
best white-wine vinegar; next day strain the liquor on 1 lb. of fresh
raspberries; and the following day do the same, but do not squeeze the
fruit, only drain the liquor as dry as you can from it. The last time
pass it through a canvas, preciously wet with vinegar, to prevent
waste. Put it into a stone jar, with 1 lb. of sugar to every pint of
juice, broken into large lumps; stir it when melted, then put the jar
into a saucepan of water or on a hot hearth, let it simmer and skim
it. When cold, bottle it.
This
is one of the most useful preparations that can be kept in a house,
not only as affording the most refreshing beverage, but being of
singular efficacy in complaints of the chest. A large spoonful or two
in a tumbler of water. Be careful to use no glazed nor metal vessels
for it.
-----(Old Cookery-Book.)
Raspberry
Brandy
Pick fine dry fruit, put it into a stone jar, and the jar into a kettle
of water, or on a hot hearth, till the juice will run; strain, and to
every pint add 1/2 lb. of sugar, give one boil and skim it; when cold,
put equal quantities of juice and brandy, shake well and bottle. Some
people prefer it stronger of the brandy.
-----(Old Cookery-Book.)
Old
lamas recipe
'Gather
strawberry leaves on Lamas Eve, press them in the distillery until the
aromatic perfume thereof becomes sensible. Take a fat turkey and pluck
him, and baste him, then enfold him carefully in the strawberry
leaves. Then boil him in water from the well, and add rosemary, velvet
flower, lavender, thistles, stinging nettles, and other sweet-smelling
herbs. Add also a pint of canary wine, and half a pound of butter and
one of ginger passed through the sieve. Sieve with plums and stewed
raisins and a little salt. Cover him with a silver dish cover.'

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