Very Good Wigs

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

a quarter of a peck of the finest flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
three quarters of a pound of fresh butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
sometimes more than half a pound of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
half a nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
half a race of ginger grated ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
three eggs, yolks and whites beat very well ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
half a pint of thick ale yeast ↝ Yeast [Not included in a food category]
three or four spoonsfuls of sack
as much milk, just warm, as will make ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (2)

rub into it three quarters of a pound of fresh butter till it is like grated bread
make a hole in the flour, and pour in your yeast and eggs, as much milk, just warm, as will make

Original Text

To make very good Wigs.
TAKE a quarter of a peck of the finest flour, rub into it three
quarters of a pound of fresh butter till it is like grated bread,
sometimes more than half a pound of sugar, half a nutmeg,
half a race of ginger grated, three eggs, yolks and whites
beat very well, and put to them half a pint of thick ale yeast,
three or four spoonsfuls of sack, make a hole in the flour, and
pour in your yeast and eggs, as much milk, just warm, as will
make

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