Little Shop of Horrors, Early Modern Style

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jenshermanroberts, « Little Shop of Horrors, Early Modern Style », The Recipes Project, ID : 10.58079/tcpk


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By Jennifer Sherman Roberts I like pretty words. Old, pretty words. The problem with old, pretty words is that they can be awfully deceptive. While (electronically) flipping through the recipe book of a Mrs. Corlyon from 1606 (Wellcome MS. 213), I came across sundry cures for dull-sounding medical issues:  coughs, agues, and pimples. I’m enough of a historian to know that just because something sounds dull doesn’t mean it is, but nevertheless I kept flipping, looking for a recipe to spark my...

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