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Wafers, Miss Roundelle
One Quart of Flour as much sugar (fine) as will make it sweet 2 yolks of eggs, as much cream & rosewater as will make it into a thick batter rub your wafer tongs with a little white wax & bake them crisp.
Indian Pickle Mrs Raffold
Get a white cabbage a cauliflower & a few small cucumbers radish pods kidney beans a little beetroot put them on a hair sieve with a handful of salt thrown over them set them in the Sun or before the fire to dry 3 days when the water is run off put them into a large earthen pout in layers between each put a handful of brown mustard seed then take as much [alyar?] put 1/4 oz Turmeric boil them together & put them [hot?] over your pickle let it stand 12 days near the fire or till the pickles are of a bright yellow color & most of the [alyar?] is sucked up then take 2 quarts of [alyar?] 1 oz of mace 1 oz white pepper 1/4 oz cloves 1/4 oz long pepper & nutmegs beat all together boil it in the [alyar?] 10 minutes with 4 oz of garlic heater til it close down & keep it for use. You may put in fresh pickls as they come in season keep them cover with vinegar.

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Wafers, Miss Roundelle One Quart of Flour as much sugar (fine) as will make it sweet 2 yolks of eggs, as much cream & rosewater as will make it into a thick batter rub your wafer tongs with a little white wax & bake them crisp. Indian Pickle Mrs Raffold Get a white cabbage a cauliflower & a few small cucumbers radish pods kidney beans a little beetroot put them on a hair sieve with a handful of salt thrown over them set them in the Sun or before the fire to dry 3 days when the water is run off put them into a large earthen pout in layers between each put a handful of brown mustard seed then take as much [alyar?] put 1/4 oz Turmeric boil them together & put them [hot?] over your pickle let it stand 12 days near the fire or till the pickles are of a bright yellow color & most of the [alyar?] is sucked up then take 2 quarts of [alyar?] 1 oz of mace 1 oz white pepper 1/4 oz cloves 1/4 oz long pepper & nutmegs beat all together boil it in the [alyar?] 10 minutes with 4 oz of garlic heater til it close down & keep it for use. You may put in fresh pickls as they come in season keep them cover with vinegar.