[Sca-cooks] How Much Is A Pottle?

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Here is the list of ingredients called for in a recipe for Pickled
Champignons from Sir Kenelme Digbie's The Closet Opened

A Pottle of Button Mushrooms, halved or quartered
10 or 12 spoonfuls water
2 or 3 spoonfuls Salt
1 quart white Wine Vinegar
2 or 3 spoonfuls whole peppercorns
20 or 30 Cloves
1 Nutmeg, quartered
2 or 3 flakes of Mace
3 Bay-leaves

How much is a pottle? Some other Elizabethan and Jacobean recipes
call some sort of pot or pan a pottle...

This recipe was sent to this list on Sat, 19 Sep 1998, by
alysk at ix.netcom.com (Elise Fleming). I found the message in Stefan's
Florilegium. I'm planning to make it for the Boar Hunt in December.

Thanks for any enlightenment

Anahita