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Strengthening Jelly Mrs H. Smukes
Boil 1 oz. of Cinamon and 1 oz of Isinglass in a pint of Water till reduced to a Gill strain it and add a Bottle of port Wine and Sugar to your taste. Take a Wine glass twice a day
Calfsfoot Soup Mrs Gibby
Two Calfs Feet and one neats foot boiled till tender, cut the meat from the bones and put it into two Quarts of strong Beef Gravy with a pint of white Wine 2 large onions 12 large Oysters with their liquor, half a teaspoonful of Cayene pepper, the peel of half a Lemon, a few sweet herbs chopped small and a little salt covered close and stew it an hour, and just before it is taken off the fire put in the Juice of a Lemon light force meat balls and Eggs boiled hard, the broth or gravy must be very clear of fat the Jelly that the peel were boiled in must be added quite clear of fat.
White Soup Mrs York
2 lb and half of Veal, a little ham is an improvement, 2 quarts of new milk 2 large Onions, 1 head of Celery, with a few peppers Corns, let them simmer on a slow fire in an earthen Jar in a pan of hot Water close covered till the Veal is tender enough to beat fine and put through a Tammy, mix it with the liquor strained through a Sieve or thin cloth then add cream - You may put rice or Vermacelli 
Receipt of L. Hartley Esq- Short Cakes
Half a peck of flour 1 1/2 lb of Currants 2 1/4 lb Butter 24 oz to the pound 6 oz of Loaf sugar beat fine Nutmeg, Cloves mace Cinamon each half a 1/4 of an oz. finely beat, melt your Butter before the fire to to Oil it - stir it with a spoon so mix it with your flour into a paste and bake in Cakes
Tongue Foot Soup
Take the roots of a tongue cut them in pieces and put them in a pot with a bunch of sweet herbs, onions, pepper and salt, put to a little water or broth set it in the Oven to stew gently till quite tender
Artificial Ice
Water half a Gallon Muriate of Ammonia 20 oz Nitrate of potash 20 oz Sulphate of Soda 32 oz These ingredients to be pounded immediately before using

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Strengthening Jelly Mrs H. Smukes Boil 1 oz. of Cinamon and 1 oz of Isinglass in a pint of Water till reduced to a Gill strain it and add a Bottle of port Wine and Sugar to your taste. Take a Wine glass twice a day Calfsfoot Soup Mrs Gibby Two Calfs Feet and one neats foot boiled till tender, cut the meat from the bones and put it into two Quarts of strong Beef Gravy with a pint of white Wine 2 large onions 12 large Oysters with their liquor, half a teaspoonful of Cayene pepper, the peel of half a Lemon, a few sweet herbs chopped small and a little salt covered close and stew it an hour, and just before it is taken off the fire put in the Juice of a Lemon light force meat balls and Eggs boiled hard, the broth or gravy must be very clear of fat the Jelly that the peel were boiled in must be added quite clear of fat. White Soup Mrs York 2 lb and half of Veal, a little ham is an improvement, 2 quarts of new milk 2 large Onions, 1 head of Celery, with a few peppers Corns, let them simmer on a slow fire in an earthen Jar in a pan of hot Water close covered till the Veal is tender enough to beat fine and put through a Tammy, mix it with the liquor strained through a Sieve or thin cloth then add cream - You may put rice or Vermacelli Receipt of L. Hartley Esq- Short Cakes Half a peck of flour 1 1/2 lb of Currants 2 1/4 lb Butter 24 oz to the pound 6 oz of Loaf sugar beat fine Nutmeg, Cloves mace Cinamon each half a 1/4 of an oz. finely beat, melt your Butter before the fire to to Oil it - stir it with a spoon so mix it with your flour into a paste and bake in Cakes Tongue Foot Soup Take the roots of a tongue cut them in pieces and put them in a pot with a bunch of sweet herbs, onions, pepper and salt, put to a little water or broth set it in the Oven to stew gently till quite tender Artificial Ice Water half a Gallon Muriate of Ammonia 20 oz Nitrate of potash 20 oz Sulphate of Soda 32 oz These ingredients to be pounded immediately before using