The accomplisht cook, or The art and mystery of cookery.: Wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method, then hath been publisht in any language. Expert and ready wayes for the dressing of all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish; the raising of pastes; the best directions for all manner of kickshaws, and the most poinant sauces; with the tearms of carving and sewing. An exact account of all dishes for the season; with other a la mode curiosities. Together with the lively illustrations of such necessary figures as are referred to practice. / Approved by the fifty years experience and industry of Robert May, in his attendance on several persons of honour.

To make a Bisk or Battalia Pie.

TAke six peeping pigeons, and as many peeping small chickens, truss them to bake; then have six oxe pallets well boiled, blanched, and cut in little pieces; then take six lamb-stones, and as many good veal sweetbreads, cut in halves and parboild, twenty cocks combs boild and blanched, the bottoms of four arti∣chocks boild and blanched, a quart of great oysters par∣boild and bearded, also the marrow of four bones seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, mace, and salt; fill the pye with the meat, and mingle some pistaches amongst it, cock-stones, knots, or yolks of hard eggs, and some butter, close it up and bake it, (an hour and half will bake it) but before you set it in the oven, put into it a little fair water: Being ba∣ked, pour out the butter, and liquor it with gravy, butter beaten up thick, slic't lemon, and serve it up.

Or you may bake this bisk in a patty-pan or dish.

Sometimes use asparagus and interlarded bacon.

For the paste for this dish, take three quarts of flour, and three quarters of a pound of butter, boil the butter in fair water, and make up the paste hot and quick.

Otherwayes in the summer time, make the paste of cold butter; to three quarts of flour take a pound and a half of butter, and work it dry into the flour, with the yolks of

four eggs and one white, then put a little water to it, and make it up into a stiff paste.