Recipe book compiled by John Cockburn Ross
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
A.2003.0008
Date
1793-1827
Scope and content
Recipe book compiled by John Cockburn Ross. The book contains recipes including for Ketchup, Coffee, Gingerbread, Asparagus, Beech and Stilton Cheese, Ink, Pickled Mushrooms, Snails and Onions, recipes for preserving eggs, and cures for Seasickness, Scarlet Fever, Toothache, Asthma, Rheumatism, Gout, Epileptic Fits, Jaundice, Damp Walls, Sheep Rot and Ringworm and advice on escaping from fire, hints for exercise, cleaning marble, cleaning cotton, gardening and making linen waterproof.
Conditions governing access
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction
Not Permitted.
Language
English, Latin