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Recipe for Pickling Beef and Milk Punch

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a few sweet herbs & and a little lemon peel; both
shred fine- add the yolk of an egg, boil
them in a saucepan the balls the size of
the yolk of an egg let them boil quick,
You must have 6 yolks of eggs boil[e[‘d hard
& with them & your balls ornament your dish -
NB half this quantity makes a dish for a small company-

For pickling Beef
Take 4 gallons of water, 6 pounds lbs common salt
½ pound lb of brown sugar- & 4 ounces oz Salt petre-
Boil it well together and when cold
put in your Beef, Mutton, Tongues & c & c- keep the
meat always covere’d with the brine, in 9
or 10 days it will be fit to use; or it
will keep 9 months- Boil up the pickle
whenever it begins to ferment- Skim it
and put it on the meat again-

Milk Punch
6 Quarts of Brandy, the rind of 4 Lemons
pare’d very thin, keep the rinds in the
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Charlotte Starkie

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Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

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a few sweet herbs & and a little lemon peel; both shred fine- add the yolk of an egg, boil them in a saucepan the balls the size of the yolk of an egg, let them boil quick, You must have 6 yolks of eggs boil'd hard & with them & your balls ornament your dish - NB half this quantity makes a dish for a small company-

Coddling JellyPare, core & slice them, cover them with water & boil them till they are very tender but not mash’d, strain them gently & to every lb of liquor put ¾ of sugar boil it ¾ of an hour & skim it well then put your syrup to it as above -

For pickling beefTake 4 galls of water, 6lbs common salt, ½ pound of brown sugar- & 4oz Salt petre- Boil it well together and when cold put in your Beef, Mutton, Tongues & c & c- keep the meat always cover’d with the brine, in 9 or 10 days it will be fit to use; or it will keep 9 months- Boil up the pickle whenever it begins to ferment- Skim it and put it on the meat again -

Milk Punch
6 Qts of Brandy, the rind of 4 Lemons par’d very thin, keep the rinds in the
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Coddlings are hard green apples. They may just be unripe or immature

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