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pint of white wine vinegar and boil it altogether a quarter of an hour, when cold bottle it, and it will keep good seven years. Mrs Nicholls
Black Ink Lord Bulkeleys recipe.
Three quarts of spring water, one pound of Aleppo Galls, six ounces of green Coperas, four ounce of Gum Arabick, 12 ounces of Vinegar, put altogether into a Stone bottle shake it well twice a day for a fortnight & then it will be fit for use Aleppo Galls 3-6 6 oz Coperas 1 4 oz Gum Arabic 1-4 Vinegar - 4 1/2 6 - 2 1/2
To make Rusks, hudley rnd fashion.
Boil together a Quart of Milk & 1/2 a pound of Butter when cool enough add as much Yeast as will make a light Dough, add 1/4 of a Peck of Flour, a 1/4 of Pound of sugar sifted & two Eggs - let it stand by the fire to rise; cut it into long cakes & bake it; the next day cut the Cakes into thin slices & bake them again in a slow oven. 
To make Plumb Bread, Audley End fashion
To a quarter of a peck of Flour put the usual quantity of yeast, the same as in making common Bread, when it rises & is kneaded, work into it a 1/4 of a Pound of Butter same quantity of moist sugar & 1/2 a Pound of Raisins, it [will?] take two hours in baking.

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pint of white wine vinegar and boil it altogether a quarter of an hour, when cold bottle it, and it will keep good seven years. Mrs Nicholls Black Ink Lord Bulkeleys recipe. Three quarts of spring water, one pound of Aleppo Galls, six ounces of green Coperas, four ounce of Gum Arabick, 12 ounces of Vinegar, put altogether into a Stone bottle shake it well twice a day for a fortnight & then it will be fit for use Aleppo Galls 3-6 6 oz Coperas 1 4 oz Gum Arabic 1-4 Vinegar - 4 1/2 6 - 2 1/2 To make Rusks, hudley rnd fashion. Boil together a Quart of Milk & 1/2 a pound of Butter when cool enough add as much Yeast as will make a light Dough, add 1/4 of a Peck of Flour, a 1/4 of Pound of sugar sifted & two Eggs - let it stand by the fire to rise; cut it into long cakes & bake it; the next day cut the Cakes into thin slices & bake them again in a slow oven. To make Plumb Bread, Audley End fashion To a quarter of a peck of Flour put the usual quantity of yeast, the same as in making common Bread, when it rises & is kneaded, work into it a 1/4 of a Pound of Butter same quantity of moist sugar & 1/2 a Pound of Raisins, it [will?] take two hours in baking.