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Cookery

Ramakins

Take a p^d of Cheese, 6 ounces of Butter & one Egg beat all
these together in a Mortar very fine then Cut the Bread in
thin peices the Shape of a Crown peice & lay it upon them, lay
them upon a Tin plate & set it upon a Chaffin Dish, & hold a
hot shovel over them, some put but [1/2] a p^d of Cheese 1/4 of a p^d of Butter
& 4 Eggs.

To Make French Bread

Take a quart of new milk make it Blood warm put in it about a Spoon
-full of Salt, when the salt is melted put in about half a Pint of Ale Yest,
or small Beer yest when it is mix'd Strain it through a fine hair Sive then
put fine Flower to it. Mixing it with your hand untill it is a thin past, but by
no means knead it, lett it stand by y^r Fire for an hour to rise then make it into
rolls, first Sifting some fine Rasping of Bread on a peel to set them on let them
stand for half an hour or more untill you see them begin to Crack or Open at the top
then put them in a quick Oven for about three quarters of an hour; when they are
Baked rasp them, when your yest is light put in [y^r] more, or when you use small
Beer yest do [y^r] same likewise, when y^r yest is stale put in the more & less Salt
leting it stand [y^r] longer to rise before & after makeing up.