A Queens Delight The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying. As also, A right Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most Excellent Waters.

by W.M.

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Genres: Cooking, Food

46 pages, Paperback

First published November 3, 2006

Reviews

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

✔️ Published in 1671.

Without a doubt, this was a surprisingly good, yet lengthy, book to read. The most interesting part of this book is that (thankfully) the original English spellings are retained!

There are many recipes included, and the best way to finish this delightful cornucopia is to take one bite of a chapter at a time.

Some of more interesting entries include:

King Edwards perfume. Take twelve spoonfuls of right red Rose-water, the weight of six pence in fine powder of Sugar, and boil it on hot Embers and Coles softly, and the house will smell as though it were full of Roses; but you must burn the sweet Cypress wood before, to take away the gross air.

To make Lozenges of Red Roses. Boil your sugar to sugar again, then put in your Red Roses being finely beaten and made moist with the juyce of a Lemmon, let it not boil after the Roses are in but pour it upon a Pye-plate, and cut it into what form you please.

Marigold flowers distilled, good for the pain of the Head. Take Marigold flowers, and distill them, then take a fine cloth and wet in the aforesaid distilled water, and so lay it to the forehead of the Patient, and being so applied, let him sleep if he can; this with Gods help will cease the pain.

🟣Kindle version.

[Lorrien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kindle needs a better dictionary

Kindle needs a better dictionary

Only one word I looked up was actually in my kindles dictionary. Other than all the looking though other sources for definitions, this was actually a fairly interesting book. Though many of the recipes should not be made due to the poisonous ingredients they contain, it was an informative look at not only historical preservation and perfumes, but also medical views of the time.