Recipe book of Anonymous, undated

This collection consists of a single recipe book likely created by an unidentified woman at some time between the early 1700s and the early 1800s.The bulk of the recipes in the beginning of the book are for remedies for ailments and diseases including flush, cholic, worms, headaches, toothaches, common plague, measles, small pox, dropsy, aches, stab wounds, ague, cough, consumption, cankers, cancers, fistulas, sore breasts, gout, stomach ache, burns, dog bites, inflamed sinuses, etc. One such recipe for a Balsamick [sic] Tincture prepared for human ailments also claims to cure mad dogs. There are two recipes for wine: an alder wine and a white currant wine. Included are a number of recipes for pickling and preserving a variety of fruits, nuts, and vegetables, including apples, lemons, damsons, "green codling," raspberries, walnuts, gherkins, green melons, cherries, green plums, green figs, quince, and two for pickling salmon and oysters. There are many fewer recipes for meats and seafood, including chicken fricassee, "hunting beef," mince pies, sausages, oyster pie, and "polach pie," which is a type of beef-based pudding. There are three recipes for cheeses, including cream cheese, new milk cheese, and buttermilk cheese. Several desert recipes are also included for ginger cake, orange loaf, apple pudding, saffron cakes, syllabub, mountain cream, and buttered oranges. Also included are two recipes for household use: preparing superfine sealing wax and a concoction for removing blood stains.