The family dictionary, or, Houshold [sic] companion wherein are alphabetically laid down exact rules and choice physical receipts for the preservation of health ... directions for making oils, ointments, salves, ... chymical preparations, physical-wines, ales and other liquors and descriptions of the virtues of herbs, fruits, flowers ... and parts of living creatures used in medicinal potions, ... likewise directions for cookery, ... also the way of making all sorts of perfumes ... together with the art of making all sorts of English wines, ... the mystery of pickling and keeping all sorts of pickles ... : to which is added as an appendix the explanation of physical terms, bills of fare ... : with the art of carving and many other useful matters / by J.H.

Brawn to souce: Take a fat Brawn about three Years old, and bone the Sides, cut the Head close to the Roots of the Ears, and cut fine Collars of a side Bone, and hinder Legs, an inch deeper in the Belly than on the Back, bind them up equally at both ends, soak them in fair Water and Salt a Night and a Day, put them into boiling Water, keeping the Pot continually scum'd; and after the first quick boil∣ing, let them boil leisurely, putting in Water as it boils away, and so lessening the Fire by degrees, let them stand over it a whole Night, then being between hot and cold, take them off into Moulds of deep Hoops, bind them about with Packthread, and when they are cold put them into Souce-drink made of Oatmeal ground or beaten, and Bran boiled in fair Water; being cold, strain it through a Sieve, and putting Salt and Vinegar to it, close up the Vessel tite, and so keep it for your use.