Illustration — a stand-in until there's a photo of the real thing.
Source Thomas Dawson, The Good Huswifes Jewell, 1596 (Falconwood Press, 1988) — original
Ingredients
Rosemary, Fennell, Isope, Time, Sage, Horehound, of each of these a handfull
Pennirial, red mints, Margerum, of each sixe crops
a roote of Enula Campana (elecampane)
Licoras, Annyseeds brused, of each two ounces
three gallons of mightie strong Ale
Method
Take Rosemary, Fennell, Isope, Time, Sage, Horehound, of each of these a handfull, Pennirial, red mints Margerum, of each sixe crops, a roote of Enula Campana, of Licoras, Annyseeds brused of each two ounces,
put all these to three gallons of mightie strong Ale, and put it into a brasse pot over an easie fire, and set the Limbecke upon it, and stop it close with dowe or paste, that no aire doe goe out,
and so keept it stilling with a softe fire, and so preserve it to your use as need requireth.
Notes
Caryl reads "surset" as "surfet" = surfeit; two of her redactions derive from this.
This recipe predates 1700 and is quoted from its original printed source. Spelling is left exactly as printed.
