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To Collar Beef
The thick part of the Brisket to be cut off as far as the rib - take out the bones - 1st salt it & add a little salt-petre to color it - not a great deal or it will be hard - at the same time spice it well with mace, alspice, &c  &c &c  mace [rather?] [pre?]vailing – this must be well rubbed in particularly where the bones have been taken out – [Let?] lay for a fortnight & be turned well, rubbed every day with the brine – at the end of the fortnight to be rolled very tight & bound with a fillet & then tied in a cloth & boiled four hours gently – certainly not less.
Bakewell Pudding or Matlock Cheesecake
Having covered a dish with thin Paste (puff), put a layer of any kind of jam, about ½ an inch thick then take the yolk of eight eggs & two whites half a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter melted, & almond flavor to yr taste; beat all well together, pour the mixture into the dish, & bake it an hour in a moderate oven.

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To Collar Beef The thick part of the Brisket to be cut off as far as the rib - take out the bones - 1st salt it & add a little salt-petre to color it - not a great deal or it will be hard - at the same time spice it well with mace, alspice, &c &c &c mace [rather?] [pre?]vailing – this must be well rubbed in particularly where the bones have been taken out – [Let?] lay for a fortnight & be turned well, rubbed every day with the brine – at the end of the fortnight to be rolled very tight & bound with a fillet & then tied in a cloth & boiled four hours gently – certainly not less. Bakewell Pudding or Matlock Cheesecake Having covered a dish with thin Paste (puff), put a layer of any kind of jam, about ½ an inch thick then take the yolk of eight eggs & two whites half a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter melted, & almond flavor to yr taste; beat all well together, pour the mixture into the dish, & bake it an hour in a moderate oven.