SC - White Leach Recipe

[Drake & Meliora]

Alys,

That is indeed the original recipe I used for the islinglass experiments,
however, as I cannot seem to access Stefan's Floregium right now, my
searching of my notes will have to wait until tonight.

Mel.

> A WHITE LEACH
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> The Good Huswifes Jewell, Thomas Dawson, 1596
>
> Take a quart of newe milk, and three ounces weight of Isinglasse,
> halfe a pound of beaten suger, and stirre them together,
> and let it boile half a quarter of an hower till it be thicke,
> stirring them all the while: then strain it with three spoonfull of
> Rosewater, then put it into a platter and let it coole, and cut it
> in squares.  Lay it fair in dishes, and laye golde upon it.
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