Riassunto
Whether you grow your own herbs or purchase them in stores, this practical handbook shows how to make hundreds of teas, syrups, conserves, pies, candied flowers and leaves, wines, sweet waters, and perfumes. Most of the recipes are taken from old English herbals while the author adds many of her own 20th century creations.
Contenuti
PREFACE CHAPTER I OF HERB GARDENS CHAPTER II OF SUNDRY HERBS AGRIMONY Agrimony Tea ANGELICA "To Candy Angelica, 1723" "To Preserve Angelica Roots, 1723" "Angelica Water, 1759" "To Candy Angelica Leaves, 1767" ANISE Aniseed Tea ARTICHOKE (GLOBE) "Preserving of Artichokes, 1594" "To Stew Artichokes, 1654" "To Fry Artichokes, 1654" "Artichoke Pie, 1654" "Resoles of Artichokes or Potatoes, 1654" "To Fry Young Artichokes, 1654" "Artichoke Pie, 1699" "Artichokes Broiled, 1699" "Potted Artichokes, 1699" "Artichokes, the Brigoule Way, 1744" "Artichokes, the Italian Way, 1744" BALM "How to make the Water which is usually called Balmewater, 1659" "Balm Wine, 1788; 1897" Balm Tea BASIL BETONY "Conserve of Betony, after the Italian way, 1655" Betony Tea Green Salve or Betonian Ointment BORAGE "To Candy Borage, or Rosemary Flowers, 1655" "Conserve of Borage Flowers after the Italian Manner, 1655" BRAMBLE "Blackberry Wine, 1897" BROOM "To Pickle Broom-buds and Pods, 1699" BUGLOSS "Syrup of the Juyce of Anchusa, 1639" BURNET CAMOMILE "To Make Oyle of Camomile, 1588" Camomile Tea CARAWAY CELERY Celery Seed Tea CHERVIL "To make Chervil Pottage the Dutch Way, 1744" "Another Sort of Chervil Broth, 1744" CHICKWEED Chickweed Tea CLARY "Clary Wine, 1621" "To make Clary Wine, 1732" "Clary Fritters, 1788" COLTSFOOT "Syrup of Coltsfoot, 1639" Colftsfoot Tea CORIANDER "Coriander Water, 1682" COSTMARY COWSLIP "Cowslip Cream, 1654" "Another Way, 1654" "To keep Cowslips for Salates, 1653" "To Conserve Cowslips, 1653" "Syrupe of Cowslips, 1653" "Pickled Cowslips, 1699" "To Candy Cowslips or any Flowers or Greens in Bunches, 1719" "To make a Cowslip Tart, 1716" Cowslip Wine Cowslip Pudding "Cowslip Syrup, 1897" CUCUMBER Cucumber Lotion CUMIN DAISY DANDELION Dandelion Tea Dandelion Wine DILL "To Pickle Cucumbers in Dill, 1640" "Dill and Colly-Flower Pickle, 1699" ELDER "To take away the Freckles in the Face, 1659" "To take away Freckles in the Face, 1719" "The Lady Thornburgh's Syrup of Elders, 1655" "To Pickle Elder Buds, 1723" "To Pickle Elder Tops, 1723" "Elder Vinegar, 1723" "Elder Flower Fritters, 1723" Elder Wine Elder Leaf Tea Elder Rob Elder Cream Elder Blossom and Peppermint Tea ELECAMPANE "Conserve of Elecampane Root, 1577" "To make Paste of Elecampane Roots, an Excellent remedy against the Cough of the Lungs, 1655" "Elecampane Tonic, 1772" ENDIVE "A Sallet of wild, green Succory, 1682" "Eggs with Succory, 1682" EYEBRIGHT Eyebright Tea FENNEL "For to make one Slender, 1585" "A Sallet of Fennel, 1675" "To make White Fennel, 1682" "Fennel and Gooseberry Sauce, 1710" "To Pickle Fennel, 1723" Fennel Tea FEVERFEW Feverfew Tea GILLYFLOWERS "To Make Syrup of Clove Gillyflowers, 1655" "To Make Gillyflower wine, 1655" "Conserve of Gillyflowers, 1629" "Gillyflower Vinegar, 1699" "To Candy Gillyflowers, 1723" "To Pickle Gillyflowers, 1723" "Gillyflower Syrup, 1710" "To Make Clove-Gillyflower Wine, 1739" GROUND IVY Ground Ivy Tea HERB ROBERT HOREHOUND Horehound Tea "Candied Honey, 1810" HYSSOP Hyssop Tea "A Water to cause an Excellent Colour and Complexion, 1723" "To make Syrup of Hysop for Colds, 1655" LAVENDER "Conserve of the Flowers of Lavender, 1655" "Lavender Water, 1788" Lavender Water without Distillation Lavender Tea Lavender Wine LOVAGE MADONNA LILY MALLOW "A Sallet of Mallowes, 1588" "Syrup of Marsh Mallows, 1639" "Sucket of Mallow Stalks, 1669" "To make Mallow Stalks pass for Green Peas, 1723" "To Pickle the Stalks of Marsh Mallows, 1723" MARIGOLD "Marigold Pudding, 1699" "To Pickle Marigold Flowers, 1732" "Marygold Wine, 1732" MARJORAM "A Conserve of Marjoram, 1723" Wild Marjoram Tea MEADOWSWEET Meadowsweet Tea MINT "To make Syrup of Mint, 1723" "Mint Water, 1723" "Peppermint Water, 1732" Peppermint Tea Mint Butter Mint Pastry MUGWORT Mugwort Tea MULLEIN Mullein Milk MUSTARD NASTURTIUM "To Pickle Nasturtium Seeds, 1736" NETTLES Nettle Tea Nettle Spinach PARSLEY "A Sauce for a roasted Rabbit used to King Henry the Eight, 1586" PLANTAIN Plantain Tea "To Remedy the Feete that are Sore with Travelling, 1588" PURSLANE "Preserved Purslane, 1577" "Pickled Purslane, 1699" "To Pickle Purslane, 1723" "To make Sallet of Purslane, 1723" "A Sallet of Lettice and Purslan, 1682" "A Purslane Soup, 1744" RAMPION ROCKET ROSE "To make Sirop of Roses or Violets, 1585" "Damask Rose Syrup, 1692" "Honey of Roses, 1692" "To make Vinegar of Roses, 1586" "To make Conserve of Roses or other Flowers, 1586" "To make Oyle of Roses, 1586" "To make Oyntment of Roses, 1586" "Roses and Gillyflowers kept long, 1594" "How to dry Rose Leaves, or any other single Flowers without wrinkling, 1594" "How to dry Rose Leaves in a most excellent manner, 1594" "A singular manner of making the Sirup of Roses, 1594" "Another way for the d "Sage Tea, 1788" "To make Sage Wine, 1719" Sage Wine SAMPHIRE "To Pickle Samphire, 1699" "Samphire Pickle, 1699" SAVORY SCURVY GRASS Scurvy Tea "Sallet of Scurvy Grass, 1759" "To make Scurvy-grass wine, 1759" SKIRRET "Skirret Pie, 1654" "Fried Skirrets, 1654" "Skirret Milk, 1699" "Skirret Pye, 1736" "Skirret Fritters, 1788" SMALLAGE "Smallage Gruel, 1669" SORREL To take Staines out of ones Hands presently "Eggs with the Juice of Sorrel, 1716" "A Tart of the Juice of Sorrel, 1682" "To dress Sorrel with Eggs, 1734" "To make a Sorrel Omelet, 1734" "A Ragoo of Sorrel, 1734" SOUTHERNWOOD "Southernwood Tea, 1772" SPEEDWELL Speedwell Tea STRAWBERRY "For a Face Wash, 1585" "Strawberry and Almond Tansy, 1585" Strawberry Leaf Tea Strawberry and Woodruff Tea A Cordial Water of Sir Water Raleigh "Strawberry Water, 1744" TANSY Tansy Tea "How to make a Tansy in Lent, 1588" "How to make a Tansy, 1588" "Tansy Pudding, 1588" "Tansy Amber Cakes, 1723" "To make an Apple Tansy, 1723" "A Good Tansy, 1723" "Tansy Pancakes, 1788" "To make a Plain Tansy, 1759" TARRAGON Tarragon Vinegar THISTLE "Milk Thistle Stalks, 1699" THYME Thyme Tea "To enable one to see the Fairies, 1600" VALERIAN VIOLET Violet Tea "Violet Leaves, 1699" "To make Sirrop of Violets, 1585" "To make Honey of Violets, 1639" "Conserve of Violets, the Italian Manner, 1655" "To make Violet Cakes, 1734" Violet Tablet Violet Syrup Violet Vinegar WOODRUFF Woodruff Tea WOOD-SORREL "An Excellent and Wholesome Water-gruel with Wood-sorrel and Currants, 1669" WORMWOOD "To make Sugar of Wormwood, Mint, Aniseed, or any other of that Kinde, 1655" "To make Wormwood-Water, 1655" "To make Wormwood-Wine, 1655" "Wormwood Brandy, 1772" YARROW Yarrow Tea CHAPTER III OF SALLETS "Sallets for Fish Daies, 1585" "To make a Sallet of all Kinde of Hearbs, 1585" "Divers Sallets Boyled, 1621" "Sallets of Flowers, 1615" "A brave Warming Salad for Winter, 1692" "Sallet-all-Sorts, 1699" "Other Grand Sallet, 1671" "A Grand Sallet, 1671" "A Grand Sallet of Divers Compounds, 1671" "And now, if you will make a Crowned, or Grand Sallet, you may do this, 1734" "To make a Grand Sallad for the Spring, 1723" "Sallad for Winter, 1784" "Broccoli in Sallad, 1784" To make a Grand Sallad for the Spring "Vinegar, 1699" "To make Mustard, 1669" CHAPTER IV HERB POTTAGES "A Cooling Pottage, 1588" "Herb Pottage, 1692" "Another sort of Herb Pottage, 1692" "Garlic or Onion Pottage, 1692" "To make Spinage Pottage, 1655" "Soup de Santé for Fish Days, 1654" "Brown Pottage of Herb Roots, 1654" "Potage Maigre, 1699" "Elder Leaves, 1699" "To make Soop in the Spring, where there is no Selery nor Endive, 1716" "To make Carrot Soup, 1723" "To make Meagre Broth for Soop with Herbs, 1723" "To make Potage the French way, 1723" "Pottage without the sight of Herbs, 1723" "To make a Pottage for one or two Persons, 1744" "A moistening and cooling Broth with Herbs, 1744" "To Make Pottage of Chopped Herbs, 1759" CHAPTER V HERB PUDDINGS "To make a Green Pudding, 1655" "To make Tarts called Taffity Tarts, 1655" "To make a Green Boiled Pudding of Sweet Herbs, 1671" "A Tart of Artichoke Cream with Sugar, 1682" "A Tart of Beet Roots, 1682" "Tansy Pudding, 1682" "Spinage Pudding, 1682" "Pudding of Carrot, 1682" "Tart of Herbs, 1682" "A Flower Pudding, 1723" "To make a Carrot Pudding, 1723" "Potatoe Puddings, made with Sweet-Meats, 1732" "Herb Pudding, 1732" "To make Herb dumplings, 1754" CHAPTER VI HERB DRINKS AND HOME-MADE WINES "Posset of Herbs, 1671" Mulled Claret "An Excellent Drink, 1585" "To make a Tysand, 1588"r "The Drinke, 1588" "Rosa-solis, 1594" Spirit of wine "To make a Hordeat or Mundified Barley, 1639" "Dr. Butler's Cordial Water against Melancholy, etc. Most Approved, 1655" "The Hearbs to be distilled for Usquabath, 1655" "To make Hypocras, 1655" "A comfortable Cordial to cheer the Heart, 1653" "Hydromel as I made it weak for the Queen Mother, 1669" "To make Hypocras presently, 1669" "Cinamon Water, 1682" "Hypocras of White Wine, 1682" "Wine for the Gods, 1682" "Wine for the Gods, 1682" "Good advice to all English People to make a Drinke themselves, which they may drink as they drink Coffee, Chocolet and Tea, 1710" "Red Hippocras, 1732" "To make Milk-Water, 1732" "A Cordial Mint Water, 1732" "Currant Water, 1745" "Raspberry Water, 1745" "Apple, Peach or Pear Water, 1745" "To make Orange-Flower Brandy, 1736" "The Saffron Cordial, 1736" "Black Cherry Water for Children, 1736" "To make White Caudle, 1736" "To make Bitters, 1754" "Seed Water, 1788" "Orange Shrub, 1788" "Wine a Delicious Sort, 1723" "Lemon Wine, 1732" "Doctor Harvey's Pleasant Water-Cider, 1699" "To make Raspberry Wine, 1655" "To make Raspberry Wine, 1719" "Several Sorts of Meath, small and strong, 1699" "To make White Metheglin, 1699" "Metheglin, 1699" "To make Turnip Drink, 1723" "Raisin Wine, 1723" "Morello Wine, 1723" "Mum, 1723" "To make Mead, 1723" "To make White Mead, 1723" "Cherry Wine, 1723; 1719" Gooseberry Wine Pearl Gooseberry Wine Damson Wine Black Cherry Wine Morello Cherry Wine Apricot Wine "To make Frontiniac Wine, 1736" "To make English Champayne or the fine Currant Wine, 1736" "To make Saragossa Wine or English Sack, 1736" "Mountain Wine, 1736" "Birch Wine, 1736" "Quince Wine, 1736" "Turnip Wine, 1788" "Currant Wine, 1788" "Red Currant Wine, 1810" "Black Currant Wine, 1810" "Raisin Wine, 1810" Orange Brandy "Black Currant Wine, 1810" Sloe Gin Ginger Wine CHAPTER VII ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS "A Surrup for the Preservation of Long Life, recommended to the Right Honble Mary Countess of Feversham by Dr. Peter Dumoulin of Canterbury June ye 2, 1682, 1719" "An Oyntment for all Kind of Aches to be made in May, 1719" "To make a Caudle f
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
