Recipes

Queen Elizabeth’s Cake
Taffaty Tarts
Haggis
Rosewater
Medicinal/Cosmetic

 


To make queen Elizabeths cake

Take a quarter of a peck of ye finest flower, a pinte of sweet creame 12 yeolkes of eggs wthout ye whites well beaten, three quarters of a pound of butter gently melted & powred on ye flower halfe a pinte of ale yeast, halfe a quarter of a pinte of rose water wth a little muske or ambergreece desolved in it halfe a pound of [the] best currans picked & washed in warme water, hald a pound of [the best] reasons … shread very small, halfe a pound of almons blanched & beaten very small wth a little rose water for feare of oyleing, halfe a pound of fine sugar beaten small first mingle then knead all these things exceedingly well together, then let ym lye a full houre in ye dough, & then ye oven being ready make up yr cake let not ye oven be too hott, shutt not ye mouth close but stirr ye cake now  & then yt it may bake all alike, let it not stand  a full houre in ye oven …

Charles Brigham (1700-1781) was one of the original proprietors of Grafton, Mass. This recipe book belonged first to Anna Cromwell ( - ), who was evidently living somewhere in England. There is evidence that it was also owned by Brigham, while a note inside the volume states that at one time the volume belonged to Sarah Sartell Prentice (1716-1792), wife of Solomon Prentice (1705-1773), the first minister of Grafton. The volume contains cooking recipes and formulae for various home remedies. Many of the remedies are numbered. There are also farm accounts dated from the 1720s and 1730s. Several sections have been sewn into the volume at some later date. There are pages missing and many other pages torn. Digitization funded by the Pine Tree Foundation.

 

Charles Brigham (1700-1781) was one of the original proprietors of Grafton, Mass. This recipe book belonged first to Anna Cromwell ( - ), who was evidently living somewhere in England. There is evidence that it was also owned by Brigham, while a note inside the volume states that at one time the volume belonged to Sarah Sartell Prentice (1716-1792), wife of Solomon Prentice (1705-1773), the first minister of Grafton. The volume contains cooking recipes and formulae for various home remedies. Many of the remedies are numbered. There are also farm accounts dated from the 1720s and 1730s. Several sections have been sewn into the volume at some later date. There are pages missing and many other pages torn. Digitization funded by the Pine Tree Foundation.

 


To make taffaty tarts

Take a quarte of very fine flower, a quarter of a pounde of butter, put halfe ye butter into liquor, & ye rest into ye flower wth 3 yeolkes of eggs, then cutt your apples as thinne as may bee, & wn you have roled out your paste very thinn lay a layer of apples first, then lay a layer of suger whearin you must beate a graine of muske & 2 of ambergreece, then a layer of apples againe & a later of suger & a layer of apples; then lay as much preserved orringe  pills as you thinke will give them a fine taste, then make ym up in square pasties cutt ye edges wth a jagging iron & bake ym wth a softe oven for they must looke white / my cousine Ann Hunte

Charles Brigham (1700-1781) was one of the original proprietors of Grafton, Mass. This recipe book belonged first to Anna Cromwell ( - ), who was evidently living somewhere in England. There is evidence that it was also owned by Brigham, while a note inside the volume states that at one time the volume belonged to Sarah Sartell Prentice (1716-1792), wife of Solomon Prentice (1705-1773), the first minister of Grafton. The volume contains cooking recipes and formulae for various home remedies. Many of the remedies are numbered. There are also farm accounts dated from the 1720s and 1730s. Several sections have been sewn into the volume at some later date. There are pages missing and many other pages torn. Digitization funded by the Pine Tree Foundation.

 


To make a haggesse pudding

Take a sheepes maw & laye it in salte 6 dayes, then take one loafe of bread grated, 2 eggs, halfe a pound of suet chopt small, ye calves ginne finely chopt, a pinte of creame, a quarter of a pounde of currants, a small quantity of parsly, & a little sweete margerum, a little penny royall, a little time, & a few cloaves & mace, & a little pepper & salte. My cousine Ann Hunte.

Charles Brigham (1700-1781) was one of the original proprietors of Grafton, Mass. This recipe book belonged first to Anna Cromwell ( - ), who was evidently living somewhere in England. There is evidence that it was also owned by Brigham, while a note inside the volume states that at one time the volume belonged to Sarah Sartell Prentice (1716-1792), wife of Solomon Prentice (1705-1773), the first minister of Grafton. The volume contains cooking recipes and formulae for various home remedies. Many of the remedies are numbered. There are also farm accounts dated from the 1720s and 1730s. Several sections have been sewn into the volume at some later date. There are pages missing and many other pages torn. Digitization funded by the Pine Tree Foundation.

 


To make rose water in ye highest degree of perfection

Damask roses pounded press them hard downe into a barrell & stop it close, get it into a seller  & there let them ferment till they smell sowrish it may be a month, then distill them , & put fresh in their roome as aforesaid & power ye distilled water upon them, so ley ym stand as afore yn distill  all againe, thus doe so long as roses lasteth…

Charles Brigham (1700-1781) was one of the original proprietors of Grafton, Mass. This recipe book belonged first to Anna Cromwell ( - ), who was evidently living somewhere in England. There is evidence that it was also owned by Brigham, while a note inside the volume states that at one time the volume belonged to Sarah Sartell Prentice (1716-1792), wife of Solomon Prentice (1705-1773), the first minister of Grafton. The volume contains cooking recipes and formulae for various home remedies. Many of the remedies are numbered. There are also farm accounts dated from the 1720s and 1730s. Several sections have been sewn into the volume at some later date. There are pages missing and many other pages torn. Digitization funded by the Pine Tree Foundation.

 


To cure baldness rub the bald places with a course cloth till it be red then presently after anoint with bears greas for fourteen days every morning or evening then anoint twice a day with a bruised onion rub till it be red then anoint with honey well mix with mustard seed applying all over a plaster of labdanum mixt with mice dung … if this will not do it it is incurable

Charles Brigham (1700-1781) was one of the original proprietors of Grafton, Mass. This recipe book belonged first to Anna Cromwell ( - ), who was evidently living somewhere in England. There is evidence that it was also owned by Brigham, while a note inside the volume states that at one time the volume belonged to Sarah Sartell Prentice (1716-1792), wife of Solomon Prentice (1705-1773), the first minister of Grafton. The volume contains cooking recipes and formulae for various home remedies. Many of the remedies are numbered. There are also farm accounts dated from the 1720s and 1730s. Several sections have been sewn into the volume at some later date. There are pages missing and many other pages torn. Digitization funded by the Pine Tree Foundation.

 

To take away wrinkles from ye skin take oyl of almonds lees of oyl olive & make them in an ointment with wax, powder of camphire & mastick & anoint , or oil of mirrh is very good, a strong decoction of pomegranate peels in white wine to wash with often is good

Charles Brigham (1700-1781) was one of the original proprietors of Grafton, Mass. This recipe book belonged first to Anna Cromwell ( - ), who was evidently living somewhere in England. There is evidence that it was also owned by Brigham, while a note inside the volume states that at one time the volume belonged to Sarah Sartell Prentice (1716-1792), wife of Solomon Prentice (1705-1773), the first minister of Grafton. The volume contains cooking recipes and formulae for various home remedies. Many of the remedies are numbered. There are also farm accounts dated from the 1720s and 1730s. Several sections have been sewn into the volume at some later date. There are pages missing and many other pages torn. Digitization funded by the Pine Tree Foundation.