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.

To Rear a Goose.

Break the Goose contrary to the former way, viz. Take off her Legs very fair from the Body, cut off the Belly-piece round and close to the lower end of the Breast, lace her down with your Knife on each side, your Thumb's breadth from the bone, in the middle of the Breast; then take off the Pinion on each side, and the Flesh which you first laced,

raise it quite up from the Bone, and take it from the Carcase with the Pinion; then cut up the Bone which lyes before in the Breast, called the Merrythought, the Skin and the Flesh being upon it; then cut from the Breast another slice of Flesh quite through; take from the Bone, and turn the Carcass, and cut it asunder, the Back-bone above the Loins, and take the Rump bone-end, and lay it in the Dish with the Skinny side upwards, lay it at the fore-end of the Merrythought with the Skinny side upwards, and before that the Apron of the Goose; then lay your Pinions on each side contrary, and in like manner place the Legs behind them, that the bone-end of the Legs may stand up cross in the middle of the Dish, and the Wing-Pinions on the out-side of them; put under the Wing-Pinions, on each side, the long slices of flesh that you took from the Breast-bone, and let them meet under the Leg-bones, and let the other ends lye cut in the dish between the Legs and the Pinions: pour your Sauce of Mustard, Apples, and Sugar, well mixed, under the dish, and sprinkling on Salt, you may serve it up with Gravy Sauce, or what others you are furnished withall in the foregoing Treatise.