Healths improvement: or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation. Written by that ever famous Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: corrected and enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and fellow of the Colledg of Physitians in London.
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Healths improvement: or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation. Written by that ever famous Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: corrected and enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and fellow of the Colledg of Physitians in London.
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Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604.
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London, :: Printed by Tho: Newcomb for Samuel Thomson, at the sign of the white Horse in Pauls Churchyard,
1655.
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Diet -- Early works to 1800.
Food -- Early works to 1800.
Nutrition -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"Healths improvement: or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation. Written by that ever famous Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: corrected and enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and fellow of the Colledg of Physitians in London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A89219.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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Pyra.
Pears be of infinite kindes, because men by graffing divers Pears together have made of them infinite mix∣tures. The Norwich-pear, and St. * 1.1Thomas-Pear are most durable and very good; the Sand-pear is firm and also nourishing; the Lady-pear is too watrish, though beautiful in colour: The Katherin-pear is simply best and best relished: The Musk-pear is very cordial; The Long-tail hath a good verdure; The Puff-pear is full of wind: The Bell-pear is very sappy: The Tanckard-pear is somewhat bitterish and noisome to the stomach. But leaving their infinite differences of shape, colour, and
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time, let us onely write of their differences in taste, which is chiefly to be regarded. All sweet Pears be most nourishing, cleansing the brest of Phleagm, com∣forting the stomach, and least binding. Soure and harsh Pears are exceeding hurtful to the stomach and si∣newy parts; unsavory Pears breed ill juice, and bitter Pears nourish nothing at all. If a well rellished Pear be also endued with a fragrant smell (as the Katherin Pear, Violet, Poppering, Sugar-Pear, Musk-pear and such like) they are to be preferred before all others. * 1.2
Concerning the preparation of Pears, they are worst raw, and their skinn is most unwholesome; without wine they are counted poison, especially be∣ing largely taken as a meat. They are best being eaten last, as contrariwise Apples for the most part are first to be eaten; because they are rather of a loos∣ning then an astringent nature. They are best baked, * 1.3then roasted; but dryed Pears (in Harry Stevens judgement) surpass all for strong nourishment. They are temperate in heat and cold, but dry in the second de∣gree: which causeth them to cease fluxes and vomits, to repel vapours, and strengthen the stomach.