Wellcome Collection: Coley Family (MS1711 )

(103) Sally Lun Cakes. A Pint of Cream a piece of Butter y size of a walnut Set ti on y Fire & make it blood warm, take the yolks of three eggs well beat, & one spoonfull & a half of yeast well water'd from y night before, mix all together with a little Salt & strain it through a Sieve, wet it with as much flower as will make a stiff Dough, let it stand two hours to rise, then role it out, into two Cakes the size of a large plate, [rasp?] them when Baked, & if thick enough, split them in three & Butter them

(104) June 27. 1794 Mrs SteadOrange SyrupTo one quart of Orange Juice, and one pint of lemon juice, add three pounds of loaf sugar- beat & sifted extreamly fine- then put in the sugar by degrees - and stir it very well tofether, fill it, incorporates, and for done fermenting - and then put it in small bottles - and set them in a cool place but put a damp one - try some. with corking upand some of the bottles, tye down with a bladder or fine writing paper & pinch a few holes at the top - you will then see which does best - it will keep good twelve months or longer

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Small Mead - Mrs Stead 1794 To every Gallon of Cold Water, add three pounds of Honey, and one White of Egg, beat to a froth - put all together Cold - then Boil it gently untill it looks quite clean. Constantly stirring off the Froth as it frises. Then pout it into a [jar?] - and add the rind and juice of a Leon to every Gallon: put in, a large table spoonfull of good yearst, or to every Gallon, [?] a toast with Yeast, & put it in. Let it work in the open Vessell two or three days or, untill it has done working. The put it in to your Barrell & stop it up. & it will be fit to drink in a month or five weeks. - it is very good, if drank out of the Barrell, and when it grows a little flat Bottle it. if you make it at the time there are Cowslips it is a great addition. To put half a Peck of Cowslips to the Gallon, after the Liquor is boiled. N.B. if you wish your mead to keep good a longer time - add - four or five pounds of Honey to every Gallon of water.

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