Skin the eels and cut them open take out the back bone Take nutmeg
cloves & mace beaten & some salt and strew along ye eel & lay another
eel upon that, then strew more & lay on another then rowle it up round
like a coller of brawn tye it in a clean cloth boyle it till it be
tender in water and salt and a little vinegar keep it in the same
liquor a week.