tick of cinnamon, let it
boil in a while, and then put in a little more water; take it off, put
to it a pint of claret wine, and a little candid orange; shift them,
then put in the juice of a lemon, and sweeten it to your taste; so
serve them up.

296. _To make_ SPINAGE TOASTS.

Take a handful or two of young spinage and wash it, drain it from the
water, put it into a pan with a lump of butter, and a little salt, let
it stew whilst it be tender, only turn it in the boiling, then take it
up and squeeze out the water, put in another lump of butter and chop it
small, put to it a handful of currans plump'd, and a little nutmeg;
have three toasts cut from a penny loaf well buttered, then lie on your
spinage.

This is proper for a side-dish either for noon or night.

297. _To roast a_ BEAST KIDNEY.

Take a beast kidney with a little fat on, and stuff it all around,
season it with a little pepper and salt, wrap it in a kell, and put it
upon the spit with a little water in the dripping-pan; what drops from
your kidney thicken with a lump of butter and flour for your sauce.

_To fry your_ STUFFING.

Take a handful of sweet herbs, a few breadcrumbs, a little beef-suet
shred fine, and two eggs, (leave out the whites) mix altogether with a
little nutmeg, pepper and salt; stuff your kidney with one part of the
stuffing, and fry the other part in little cakes; so serve it up.

298. _To stew_ CUCUMBERS.

Take middling cucumbers and cut them in slices, but not too thin, strow
over them a little salt to bring out the water, put them into a
stew-pan or sauce-pan, with a little gravy, some whole pepper, a lump
of butter, and a spoonful or two of vinegar to your taste; let them
boil all together; thicken them with flour, and serve them up with
sippets.

299. _To make an_ OATMEAL PUDDING.

Take three or four large spoonfuls of oatmeal done through a
hair-sieve, and a pint of milk, put it into a pan and let it boil a
little whilst it be thick, add to it half a pound of butter, a spoonful
of rose-water, a little lemon-peel shred, a little nutmeg, or beaten
cinnamon, and a little salt; take six eggs, (leave out two of the
whites) and put to them a quarter of a pound of sugar or better, beat
them very well, so mix them all together; put it into your dish with a
paste round your dish edge; have a little rose-water, butter and sugar
for sauce.

300. _To make a_ CALF'S HEAD PIE _another Way_.

Half boil your calf's head