Tripe
Fried brains
Stewed kidneys on toast
Sheeps’ head pie - Boil one or two sheep’s head until tender.
Tongue omelette
Devilled sheep’s tongues or
Brawn – Procure a pig’s head and feet!
Or raw beef tea and gruel for when one is ill – enough to convince you to get out of bed!
One cure all was a mixture of laudanum (opium based), brandy and peppermint oil – “this remedy has been used successfully for English cholera!” I don’t think you would be feeling too much after a few doses of that. The scary part is laudanum was also recommended for infants!
I like this one To Dye Red Hair Black “Young ladies need no longer suffer the annoyances attendant upon the red colouring of their hair. Take black lead and ebony shavings, of each an ounce” etc.
I have to say the Puddings and Pastry section is a lot more tempting. Treacle pudding mmmmm. They are all a bit stodgy but who doesn’t love that once in a while.
No doubt in 100 years time people will scratch their heads and be amazed at what we routinely use everyday also, our chemical hair dyes will probably be one! Oh well I shouldn’t be making fun of these old traditions, I’m about to try out a new recipe – Raw Maple Nut ‘Cheese Cake’ that has no cheese in it! : ))))
This book belonged to my Grandmother who was a great cook and who also loved trying out new recipes.
Not difficult to understand why average life expectancy back 100 years ago was maybe 60 years ?
ReplyDeleteI am waiting for photos just after Greg eats his first bite of Sheep's Head Pie.
How do you know when a boiled sheep's head is tender?
Exactly what I was thinking GG re average life expectancy. Most of the recipes also had generous amounts of dripping and lard.
ReplyDeleteI think you can can tell when a sheep's head is tender, after about 4 hours of boiling, when the meat falls off the bones. I must remember to get one next time the butcher has sheep's heads in his window! :))