Catchup to keep Seven Years

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

two quarts of the oldest strong beer you can get
one quart of red wine ↝ Wine, red [Wine]
three quarters of a pound of anchovies
three ounces of shallots peeled ↝ Shallots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half an ounce of mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
the same of nutmegs ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
a quarter of an ounce of cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
three large races of ginger cut in slices ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (2)

Boil all together over a moderate fire till one third is wasted.
The next day bottle it for use.

Original Text

To make a CATCHUP to keep seven Years.
TAKE two quarts of the oldest strong beer
you can get, put to it one quart of red wine,
three quarters of a pound of anchovies, three
ounces of shallots peeled, half an ounce of mace,
the same of nutmegs; a quarter of an ounce of
cloves, three large races of ginger cut in slices,
boil all together over a moderate fire till one
third is wasted, the next day bottle it for use;
it will carry to the East-Indies.

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