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Mary Carnegie and Susan Gillespie cookbook, 1804-1905

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Taper Corks for Quart Bottles [illegible]
by Rogers - [Cupas?] Carrier - 
Receipt for Stilton Cheese by
Mrs Carre of [Caows?] -
In the month of Augt take 24 Scots 
pints of new milk and 3 pints of 
cream from a gallon of Scalding hot
water amongst with 3 or 4 handfuls
of Marigolds Bruised then strain
it into your Tub, and add as much 
rennet as will not make it very hard 
Put the Curd into a Sieve with a cloth 
under it to drain it - Do not break
it at all, but as the whey runs out [free?]
the Cloth up and let it stand half 
an hour or more. Then cut the Curd
across and across and pour as much 
cold water upon it as will cover it let
it stand half an hour - Then put one 
half of it in a Tub six Inches deep 
Break the Top of it a little just to make 
it join Strew a little Salt upon it then
put in the other half and lay a 50 pound 
upon the whole - Let it stand half an 
hour then turn it into a wet cloth every 
hour of the day. next morning Salt it 
and let it lay a day and night in

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43 Taper Corks for Quart Bottles [illegible] by Rogers - [Cupas?] Carrier - Receipt for Stilton Cheese by Mrs Carre of [Caows?] - In the month of Augt take 24 Scots pints of new milk and 3 pints of cream from a gallon of Scalding hot water amongst with 3 or 4 handfuls of Marigolds Bruised then strain it into your Tub, and add as much rennet as will not make it very hard Put the Curd into a Sieve with a cloth under it to drain it - Do not break it at all, but as the whey runs out [free?] the Cloth up and let it stand half an hour or more. Then cut the Curd across and across and pour as much cold water upon it as will cover it let it stand half an hour - Then put one half of it in a Tub six Inches deep Break the Top of it a little just to make it join Strew a little Salt upon it then put in the other half and lay a 50 pound upon the whole - Let it stand half an hour then turn it into a wet cloth every hour of the day. next morning Salt it and let it lay a day and night in