The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Kenelm Digby
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"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened" by Kenelm Digby is a cookery book published in 1669. This collection presents recipes for traditional English dishes alongside fare inspired by European travels, from meat pies and syllabubs to Roman and Milanese delicacies. The book features remarkably old-fashioned recipes, including a hundred versions of medieval mead and metheglin. Reflecting Digby's social connections and scientific interests, it offers glimpses into seventeenth-century aristocratic dining through
recipes named after lords and ladies, blending culinary tradition with emerging tastes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Macdonell, Anne |
| LoC No. | a22000133 |
| Title | The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened |
| Edition | Newly Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary, by Anne Macdonell |
| Original Publication |
London: Philip Lee Warner 38 Albemarle Street, W. 1910 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Closet_Opened |
| Contents |
Introduction The Closet Of Sir Kenelm Digby Opened: Title Page Of The First Edition To The Reader Receipts For Mead, Metheglin, And Other Drinks Cookery Receipts The Table Appendix I. Some Additional Receipts II. The Powder Of Sympathy III. List Of The Herbs, Flowers, &c., Referred To In The Text Notes Glossary Index Of Receipts |
| Credits |
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Liquors |
| Subject | Cooking -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Wine and wine making -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 16441 |
| Release Date | Aug 5, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 12, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1165 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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