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In the early years of the 1800s, the Minister of an Independent Protestant dissenters' church in Brighton kept his Parish register in a rather unusual way. Part of it was written in an indecipherable code but, more amusingly, in amongst the records of births, marriages, and deaths of his congregation, he inserted recipes. Like the one below, for a medicine for the treatment of Consumption:
So, to clarify (and just in case you needed a cure for Consumption) - Grind two pounds of sun-dried raisins, and soak them overnight in six pounds of warm spring water. Next day, reduce by a half, and press. Mix in two pounds of honey, and simmer well. Add a stick of Liquorice. Take morning and evening Actually, it sounds quite nice |