259. _To stew Eels._

Cut them into pieces as long as your finger put them into a flagon

without water season them with pepper and salt and nutmeg and large

mace a bundle of sweet herbs & an onion or 2 set the flagon in a

Skillet of water over the fire so let it stue shake the flagon

sometimes softly when they are half stew’d put in a spoonfull or 2 of

white wine, Sider or vinegar & when ready put a good piece of butter

into them and shake them in ye flagon then dish them upon sippets you

may put in shrimps & oysters if you like it.

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