Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets

This edition of Acetaria is a faithful reprint of the First Edition of 1699, with the correction of a few obvious typographical errors, and those noted in the Errata of the orig...

Sallets in general consist of certain _Esculent_ Plants and Herbs, improv'd by Culture, Industry, and Art of the _Gard'ner_: Or, as others say, they are a Composition of _Edule_...

33. Leeks, and _Cibbols, Porrum_; hot, and of Vertue Prolifick, since _Latona_, the Mother of _Appolo_ long'd after them: The _Welch_, who eat them much, are observ'd to be very...

56. Sampier, _Crithmum_: That growing on the Sea-Cliffs (as about _Dover_, &c.) not only _Pickl'd_, but crude and cold, when young and tender (and such as we may Cultivate, and...

Thus, by the discreet choice and mixture of the _Oxoleon_ (_Oyl_, _Vinegar_, _Salt_, &c.) the Composition is perfect; so as neither the _Prodigal_, _Niggard_, nor _Insipid_, sho...

But of later Times, they were constant at the _Ante-coenia_, eating plentifully of _Sallet_, especially of _Lettuce_, and more refrigerating Herbs. Nor without Cause: For drinki...

Certain it is, Almighty God ordaining [84]_Herbs_ and _Fruit_ for the Food of Men, speaks not a Word concerning _Flesh_ for two thousand Years. And when after, by the _Mosaic_ C...

Verily, the infinite Plenty and Abundance, with which the benign and bountiful Author of Nature has stor'd the whole Terrestrial World, more with _Plants_ and _Vegetables_ than...

21. Purselan. _Lay the Stalks in an Earthen Pan; then cover them with Beer-Vinegar and Water, keeping them down with a competent Weight to imbibe, three Days: Being taken out, p...

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