reference: murrell-1617

Very tiny pies, known from late medieval times (c1390) up to the early 17th Century. Probably similar to the modern Whist Pie.

The roots of Eringus or Eyringo, the Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum), used as a food ingredient, as a vegetable, or, commonly candied as a, reputedly aphrodisiac...

An open tart with a filling of whole gooseberries and ample sugar. Although this dish is known and repeatedly mentioned from the 17thCentury up to the present d...

Old name for perfumed sugar sweets, to freshen the breath (Murrell 1617, etc). May 1671 makes them as thin lozenges of sugar with musk, civet, ambergris and whi...

Musk flavoured sweets, to freshen the breath (Murrell 1617, etc). A form of Kissing Comfit (qv).

A condiment pickle or sweetmeat of rose buds with flavourings.

Cooked mallow stalks: