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Recipe to stew a rump of beef and to make Hartshorn Jelly

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skim it clear-

To stew a rump of beef
Take your beef & bone it & sprinkle it
wit┌h┐salt- the next day take one handful of
spinnach, 1 of parsley, some thyme, savoury
& knotted marjoram- chop them very
fine & take the yolks of three boiled eggs
2 anchovies cut very fine, mix them all
together add the rind of two lemons
finely cut with 2 raw eggs, stuff your
beef the long way then take 1 quart of wa-
-ter, 1 pint of red wine, put them into
the stewpan with your beef- put in
one onion stuck with cloves and let your Beef
stew 4 hours/ if it is large keep it turned
for fear it shoul’d burn- then take it
up- strain the gravy & skim it- & then
put in some truffles and morells- you
must have an Ox pallet readly boile‘d to
cut in pieces and put in, then put in a
little more wine- let it stew one
hour, then dish it up-

To make hartshorn jelly
Take half a pound of hartshorn shavings
set in the fire to boil quick with
a gallon of water till it comes to 3
pints strain it off & let it stand till
next day- then set it on the fire to
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Charlotte Starkie

Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

Gillespie Family

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To stew a rump of beefTake your beef & bone it & sprinkle it with salt- the next day take one handful of spinnach, one of parsley, some thyme, savoury & knotted marjoram- chop them very fine & take the yolks of 3 boil’d eggs- 2 anchovies cut very fine, mix them all together, add the rind of 2 lemons finely cut with 2 raw eggs, stuff your beef the long way then take 1 qt of water, 1 pt of red wine, put them into the stewpan with your beef- put in 1 onion stuck with cloves and let your beef stew 4 hours/ if it is large keep it turned for fear it shou’d burn- then take it up- strain the gravy & skim it & then put in some truffles and morells- you must have an Ox pallet readly boil‘d to cut in pieces and put in, then put in a little more wine- let it stew one hour then dish it up-

To make hartshorn jellyTake half a pound of hartshorn shavings set in the fire to boil quick with a gallon of water till it comes to 3 pints strain it off & let it stand till next day- then set it on the fire to

Hartshorn Jelly or a decoction of burnt hartshorn in water was used to treat diarrhoea. The coal of hartshorn, called calcinated hartshorn, was used as an absorbent, as well as in the treatment of dysentery. Salt of hartshorn (ammonium carbonate) was used as a sudorific for treatment of fevers, and as a smelling salt. Hartshorn was also used to treat insect bites, sunstroke, stye, and snakebites.