Description | Comprising 116 pages of 248 food, drink and medicinal recipes, including those provided by named individuals or publications: Mrs Meadowse, Mrs Beverley, Lady Allen, Lady Alintone, Lady Nottingham, Mr Marshall, Dr Ratcliff, Dr Cheyne's (for Mrs M Wise), Dr Mead (including one published in The Craftsman, 30 Aug 1735), Dr Haddon, Dr Alston, Mr Sainthill (for H Wise), Dr Mackenzie, Mrs Moray, Lady Effingham, Mrs Hales, Sir James Grey from Naples, Faulkner's Dublin Journal, General Evening Post 26 Sep 1771, and Lady Burgoine, 7 May 1772. Inserted inside are loose scraps of paper containing five recipes, between the following pages: pp14-15, variation on lemon cordial: pp 104-105, pie of rosemary for any paralitic complaint: pp112-113, for the worms, currant jelly (incomplete), and roast of leg of mutton. On the parchment cover is written 'Mary Wise'. |