Metcalfs Cordial

Title: Metcalfs Cordial
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A recipe for an alcoholic beverage made with rhubarb, senna, coriander, fennel seeds, cochineal (carmine), saffron, licorice, and raisins, all infused in brandy.
Transcript: 3/4 of an ounce of Rhubarb, a quarter of an ounce of Senna, Coriander & fennel Seeds of each 1/8 of an ounce cochineal & saffron of each half a dram, Liquorice one dram & Raisins of the sun half a pound. infuse in 3 pints of Brandy 10 days in a warm place.
Subject: See all items with this value saffron; See all items with this value rhubarb; See all items with this value Senna; See all items with this value cochineal (carmine); See all items with this value raisin; See all items with this value liquorice; See all items with this value cilantro (coriander); See all items with this value saffron; See all items with this value fennel; See all items with this value brandy
Contributor: Caylor, Karmen; Stevens (Fehsenfeld), Jen; Salahuddin, Shafiya
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.