A choice manual, or Rare secrets in physick and chirurgery: collected, & practised by the Right Honourable the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascon powder, and lapis contra yarvam by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite ways of preserving, conserving, candying &c.

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Title: A choice manual, or Rare secrets in physick and chirurgery: collected, & practised by the Right Honourable the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascon powder, and lapis contra yarvam by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite ways of preserving, conserving, candying &c.
Author: Kent, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of, 1581-1651.
Publication: London :: printed for H. Mortlock at the Phœnix in St. Paul's Churchyard,; 1687.
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Subject terms: Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.; Cookery -- Early works to 1800.
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An Oyster Pie.

Season your Oysters with Nut∣megs, Pepper, and Salt, and sweet herbs, your Oysters being first thrown into scalding water, and parboiled, season them, and put them into the Pie; put 2 or three blades of Mace, and half a sliced Lemon, and the Marrow of two bones rouled in the yolks of Eggs, and some butter, then let your Pie stand almost an hour in the Oven, then make a caudle of Ver∣juice, Butter and Sugar, put it in∣to your Pie; when you take it out of the Oven, you may use two Nutmegs to one quart of Oysters and as much pepper as the quan∣tity of 3 Nutmegs, but less Salt, and one spoonful of sweet herbs.