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Puff Past.
Take 3 great handfulls of flower, well dryed And put to it 12 Whites of Eggs a Quarter of A pound of butter, wet it with cold water, Then take 3 Quarters of butter, and divide it In 3 parts, role the past a broad, and Stick one Quarter of it in little bitts, all over it, So fold it up again and flower it, then role it abroad again and Stick on the other Quarter as before, So doe 3 Times till the butter is Spent, then butter the [illegible] of a dish and lay the past upon it,, put it Presently into the Oven, bake it almost an hour and this Quantity is but enough for the [illegible] of a dish, if you would make enough to cover It all over, you must take as much more of Everything, and more a double Quantity but less flower, 4 handfulls will be enough, the Iven Must be as hott as for Manchett.__.__.__
Craw Fish Soop.
Take Craw fish boile them in water with very Little Salt, when they are cold enough, take them Up, Set them to be cold, then pick the meat out of the Legs and tails, and Set them by to be cold Then pick the bodies and Claws and beat them In a Morter with Some of the Liquor they are Boil'd in beat them very well and Strain it Through a Scive, and to a Quart of that Liquor a Quart of Milk, and a Quart of Cream, then put in one blade of Mace or two, a Nut=meg cut into Quarters, with a Clove or two, Set them all over the Fire and boile them well, then take a little [illegible] A little Spinnag a like beat of each of the Quantity Of a hanfull altogether, cut them large, put Them in with your Craw fish, that you pickt out Let them boile together, but take care your herbs Dont loose their Collour, then put in a [illegible] Loaf, let it boile to be soft, and place it in the Middle of the dish, and Just when you Send it in Thicken it with the yolk of an Egg and a piece of Sweet butter, about the Quantity of a Quarter of a pound, take care your Eggs dont cruddle and Let it be about the thickness of a goof thick Cream. Serve it.__...__...__...__...___
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Puff Past. Take 3 great handfulls of flower, well dryed And put to it 12 Whites of Eggs a Quarter of A pound of butter, wet it with cold water, Then take 3 Quarters of butter, and divide it In 3 parts, role the past a broad, and Stick one Quarter of it in little bitts, all over it, So fold it up again and flower it, then role it abroad again and Stick on the other Quarter as before, So doe 3 Times till the butter is Spent, then butter the [illegible] of a dish and lay the past upon it,, put it Presently into the Oven, bake it almost an hour and this Quantity is but enough for the [illegible] of a dish, if you would make enough to cover It all over, you must take as much more of Everything, and more a double Quantity but less flower, 4 handfulls will be enough, the Iven Must be as hott as for Manchett.__.__.__ Craw Fish Soop. Take Craw fish boile them in water with very Little Salt, when they are cold enough, take them Up, Set them to be cold, then pick the meat out of the Legs and tails, and Set them by to be cold Then pick the bodies and Claws and beat them In a Morter with Some of the Liquor they are Boil'd in beat them very well and Strain it Through a Scive, and to a Quart of that Liquor a Quart of Milk, and a Quart of Cream, then put in one blade of Mace or two, a Nut=meg cut into Quarters, with a Clove or two, Set them all over the Fire and boile them well, then take a little [illegible] A little Spinnag a like beat of each of the Quantity Of a hanfull altogether, cut them large, put Them in with your Craw fish, that you pickt out Let them boile together, but take care your herbs Dont loose their Collour, then put in a [illegible] Loaf, let it boile to be soft, and place it in the Middle of the dish, and Just when you Send it in Thicken it with the yolk of an Egg and a piece of Sweet butter, about the Quantity of a Quarter of a pound, take care your Eggs dont cruddle and Let it be about the thickness of a goof thick Cream. Serve it.__...__...__...__...___ To