385. To make Elder Vinegar.
To a gallon of white wine vinegar put a quarter of a peck of dryed elder flowers steep them 3 days close cover’d the 4th distill it off it will be clear as rock water and very quick and sharpe.
386. To Dry Orringo Roots.
Take the roots of the youngest Springing boyling them tender and peel them picking and wash them and Shape them in a bason with some warme water and their weight in Sugar let them boyle now and then turning them and when the Sugar begins to consume Shake them as you do pease to butter which shaking will work the Sugar into them then lay them before the fire in halfe a day you box them up as dry.
387. To Dry a Gamon of Bacon.
First lay your gamon a soaking in a strong brine a week then hang it up raw and salt it well with bay salt then let it lay a fortnight then hang it up & Smoake it with green broome then boyle it with rain water you must Smoake it 4 or 5 times with the broome.
388. To Dry Neat’s Tongues.
Take 12 large tongues and make a strong brine for them of bay salt & water so strong as to bare an egg and add to it half a pound of peeter first cleanse your tongues from all slimeness then put them into the brine pressing ym down to keep under the liquor and let them lay in it a month then take them and dry them to keep for your use.
389. To make Almond Jomballs.
Take half a pound of vallentia almonds and as many Jordan almonds put them in a skellet of boyling water and blanch them as fast as you can put them in 3 several waters then beat them as small as may be but keep them from oyling by puting in often some rose water and fair water Soake some gume dragon in some rose water and fair water mingled then take a pound of double refined Sugar Siveted through a tiffanie sive then take half your almonds & half your Sugar put it on a chaffendish of coles in a pewter dish when it is well dissolved put in some of your gumme and mingle it very well beat the whites of 10 eggs to a froth and put them in keeping it still stiring till it be stiff to mould let it stand till it be near cold Sive some Sugar on a paper and make them up if you like colliander or any other seed you may add to them if you please.