For Maids Who Brew and Bake
To make bisket bread, otherwise called French bisket
To make bisket bread, otherwise called French bisket Take a half
a peck of fine flower, two ounces of coriander seeds, one ounce of
annis seedes and the whites of four eggs. A half pint of ale yeast
and as much water as will make it up into stiff paste. Your water
must be but blood warme, then bake it in a long roll as big as your
thigh. Let it stay in the oven but one hour. When it is a day old
pare it and slice it , then sugar it over with fine powdered sugar
and so dry it in an oven again, and being dry, take it out and sugar
it again, then box it and so you may keep it all the year. Do you
catch yourself wondering how large their thighs were? This recipe
produced a lot of biscuit dough! (A peck equals about 32 cups of
flour). For more reasonable portions try this:
1 tbsp. coriander seed (crushed)
1 tbsp. anise seed (crushed)
enough warm water to make a soft dough
Dissolve yeast as per instructions on the package, using ½ cup of
the warm water. Gradually mix in sifted flour, spice mixture (I
grind my spices in a coffee grinder kept specifically for that
purpose), sugar and egg white. Add enough water to make a soft
dough, about one cup. Let it rise one hour. Punch it down and form
into a roll (perhaps as big around as your arm!). Let rise again,
place on a baking sheet and bake for about 20-30 minutes at 350F.
Let it cool completely and then slice it thinly and sprinkle sugar
over it. Toast it lightly in a warm oven. The sugar will melt and
form a sort of icing. Remove from oven and sprinkle with sugar
again. Store in a sealed container.
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ones Adversary in Law Suits or otherwise.
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other, denotes the match will be broken off by means of their
Parents.
To Dream you see Death in sickness, and that he flies you is a
sign of recovery.
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