Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “'Bezor' could be 'Bezoar', which are retained concretions of undigested foreign material that accumulate and coalesce within the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly in the stomach. Originally described in the stomach of ruminant animals such as ...”
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Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “Tormentile could be 'Tormentil', a name for some species of Potentilla, or cinquefoils;
the name is generally only used for Potentilla erecta, known as the Common Tormentil. The Tormentil is a common, low-growing and creeping perennial of acid ...”
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Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “Rewe could be 'Rue' described by the OED as a southern European plant species ‘which has yellow flowers and bitter, strongly scented feathery leaves, and was formerly much used for medicinal purposes’. Spelling was not a fixed feature in the early...”
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Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “Cardish could be 'Cardus' or 'Carduus' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, one of
two genera considered to be true thistles. Also known commonly
as plumeless thistles. https://wshc.org.uk/lacock/images/PDFs/2664.3.1K.5-Stephen-...”
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Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “Bittanie could be 'Betony' or 'Stachys officinalis', common hedgenettle, betony, bishopwort; a
grassland herb with pink flower spikes commonly used in herbal medicine. Referenced in Culpeper, Nicholas (1652). The English Physitian: OR An Astrolo...”
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Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “Venus Treacle - another name for 'Theriac', an ancient multi-ingredient preparation; originating as a cure for the bites of serpents, mad dogs and wild beasts, it later became an antidote to all known poisons. The name theriac (treacle), (Greek th...”
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Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “Angelico - Angelica, a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs, used for flavouring and for medicine. Crystallised stripes of angelica are green and can be used for cake decoration and to flavour (and colour) gin. https://ws...”
Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “This recipe is very similar to recipe no.38 in Henry William Lewer's MS. book 'A Book of Simples' (c.1700-1750). Digitised/transcribed by Project Gutenberg, 2017. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/53951/pg53951-images.html#A_BOOK_OF_SIMPLES
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Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “'Methredate', could be 'mithridate' which according to the OED is 'Any of various medicinal preparations, usually in the form of an electuary compounded of many ingredients, believed to be a universal antidote to poison or a panacea.'”
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Caroline Butten added a note to - in Wellcome Collection: English Recipe Book, 18th century (MS6956), saying “A 'white pott' or 'whitepott' could refer to a bread pudding layered with apples and currants, as listed in the recipe book of Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent (c.1600-1630 with later additions). https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN...”
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Collection image is from page 58 of Folger STC 4863.5