Project Gutenberg 2005-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 104 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous A queens delight : $b or, The art of preserving, conserving and candying. As also, a right knowledge of making perfumes, and distilling the most excellent waters. Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Starner, Hanns Puellen, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "A Queen's Delight: or, The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying" is a collection of historical recipes and techniques for food preservation, likely written in the late 17th century. This guide presents a plethora of methods for preserving fruits, making candies, and distilling various sweet waters and perfumes. The text serves as a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in the culinary arts of preserving and flavoring foods, showcasing the practices of the era. At the start of the book, readers are introduced to various recipes that illustrate methods for preserving fruits such as plums, grapes, and quinces, alongside instructions for making syrups, conserves, and candies. The detailed directions guide the reader on how to prepare and cook each fruit, emphasizing the importance of measuring sugar and maintaining the right cooking temperatures. There are also mentions of making perfumes and sweet waters, hinting at a broader interest in culinary delights beyond simple preservation. The opening sets the stage for a work rich in historical gastronomy, aimed at those looking to explore or revive these traditional practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800 Canning and preserving -- Early works to 1800 Traditional medicine Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800 TX Text Cookbooks and Cooking Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: Health & Medicine 211279 196958 2024-10-07T03:35:24.258309 2023-09-07T05:43:32.976377 text/html text/html 199867 2020-12-14T02:13:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 52903 2020-12-14T02:13:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 159018 2024-10-07T03:35:33.143252 application/epub+zip 157373 2024-10-07T03:35:28.131260 application/epub+zip 125153 2024-10-07T03:35:26.604287 application/epub+zip 326922 2024-10-07T03:35:36.323282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292332 2024-10-07T03:35:32.001310 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160416 2022-09-07T19:31:30.796747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123429 123160 2024-10-07T03:35:23.189299 2023-09-07T05:43:32.167410 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 123302 2020-12-14T02:13:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 40069 2020-12-14T02:13:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 123305 2020-12-14T02:13:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40050 2020-12-14T02:13:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22448 2024-10-07T03:35:36.464253 application/rdf+xml 14224 2024-10-07T03:35:27.200271 image/jpeg 3269 2024-10-07T03:35:26.909267 image/jpeg 147065 2024-10-07T03:35:24.273286 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia