Fairfax Cookbook
Item set
- Title
- Fairfax Cookbook
- Creator
- Stevens, Jen
- Date
- April 24, 2018
- Contributor
- Stevens, Jen
- Source
- Elizabeth Fairfax Cookbook
- Publisher
- George Mason University Libraries
- Rights
- Public domain.
Items
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A Pultis for a Sore breast
Hot poultice to treat sore breasts made from milk, linseeds, sage, and olive oil. -
A preservative in the Small pox
A tonic to prevent smallpox made from laudanum, conserve of roses, and poppy water. -
A poultise [poultice] for a sore brest
A remedy for treating a sore breast, possibly related to breastfeeding. -
A Plaster to ceep [keep] a [woman] [text loss]
A process for making a medicinal substance using a range of tree gums or resins including mastic, Elemi, Benjamin (gum benzoin), Burgundy pitch, dragonsblood, and troches (dried cakes or lozenges) of alipta muscata, as well as bole armeniac, lead oxide, quince oil, Venice turpentine, beeswax, Himalayan balsam, and lavender oil. -
A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred
A medicinal treatment using tacamahac, a resin from the balsam poplar tree, to help with a range of ailments, including defluxion. Also aids memory. -
A most Excellent resept for a dry Asma aproved by Doctor Cotes
A medicinal recipe that includes ammoniacum (gum ammoniac) and hyssop water (possibly for asthma). -
A Medecne for the Palsie
A recipe for a medical treatment for palsy made of neatsfoot oil and the caul of an ox. -
A Lemon Caudle
A recipe for lemon caudle, a warm drink, using lemon rind and juice, water, bread, egg yolks, white wine, mace, and sugar. -
A Famous salve for a sor [sore] Breast recommended by Lady Howe.
A method for preparing a salve or poultice for a sore breast (possibly related to breastfeeding), using mutton suet, oil, and rosin. -
A Dutch Puding [pudding]
A recipe for a baked Dutch pudding, using short paste (a pastry made with shortening or fat), eggs, and butter. -
A Docter [text loss] Medisin [text loss]
Describes a recipe for a medicinal drink using a variety of herbs, berries, and roots, steeped in ale. The drink is indicated for daily use or as-needed, though the purpose is unclear due to missing pieces of the manuscript. -
A consumsion [consumption] water
A recipe for a medicinal drink to cure consumption (tuberculosis) using snails, "fair water," milk, and spearmint. White sugar candy is recommended as a sweetener. -
A Bruise, Black or Blewnes or humors settled in any part
A remedy for bruises or other settled humors (swelling?) involving the application of sheep or cow liver. -
[Untitled recipe for brewing a drink with water, sugar, and hops]
A recipe for a drink made by boiling hops with sugar, used for unknown purposes -
[text loss; top of page N125 stained and torn; may be continued]
Appears to be a recipe for a poultice or plaster, using beeswax, pitch, mace (pepper), and turpentine, spread on a sheepskin and worn on the stomach. -
[Recipe for beef, dredged and fried in flour with mushrooms and red wine]
An untitled recipe for beef, dredged and fried in flour with mushrooms and red wine. -
[Hathorn's] Tincture
A recipe for making a medicinal tincture using crushed tree bark mixed with orange peel, snakeroot (a non-specific plant genus), saffron, and cochineal and steeped in brandy. -
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A blank entry labeled "306".