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[Tarts] lady Burtins way

A quart of the Best flower & halfe a poundpd of Butter, rubd into
the flower, the white of one egg, make it up withwth cold
watter quick role it out very thin, & handle it as Little as
posible, Lay in one row of frut, & one good sponfull of
duble refine shuger; when the are made wash them over
withwth melted butter & serce some fine shuger over them
back them in a very quick, ^oven & dont put up the stons;
as soone as the begin to coler the are enough,
the chefe art is to make them extreamly thin & to
shine atop

To Make a savory Puding

take as much brown bread as you can hold at twice in both youryr hands, one spoonfull of
flower half a poundpd of Beef suet sred small one Nutmeg 5 eggs 3 whits with as much milk
as will temper it if you will have it sweet put in half a poundpd of Currans & a spoonfull of
shuger tye it up in a Cloath & boyle it an houer & half

To stew a Beefs head

Take youryr head & put it into a pott withwth some whole pepar & salt one onion some
sweet herbs a quarter of a pint of smooth Ale & as muchmch watter as will cov
Cover it tye a paper over it & put it into the oven withwth Brown bread
whenwn it is cold take out all the fat & theye bones & Cut theye head into Large
peices & stew it in its one Liquor & some gravie & so thicken it up
have reddy some fryed bredd & some turnep diced to put in theye dish

To stew a hare

take youryr hare & save all theye blood & take out theye intrails & wash & dry it withwth a
cloath cut it into handsome peices Butter youryr stew pan & put it into theye pan withwth theye
blood & let it stew a quarter of an houer thenyn have reddy as much boyling watter
as will cover it & put in an oynion stuck withwth cloves some sweet herbs a peace of
lane Backen Bacon a little smooth Ale cover it close & let it stew leaisurely
for 3 hours till its very tender & theye Liquor allmost consumed thenyn thicken it up withwth
three quarters of a poundpd of Butter & put in a Little claret anchovie & Vinager to youryr
tast

For the Colick

take 2 quarts of milk & turn it into Posit drink thenyn take a handfull of Cammemill
a spoonfull of black peper pounded & a nutmef grated 2 spoonfulls guneper berys brused
boyle themym in theye Posit drink till theye good ness is out thenyn stran it & drink half a pint
Moring & night as long as it lasts