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  • The perennial sweet-herbs may be propagated by division, although they are usually grown from seeds.

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

  • Stuartia pentagyna.styrax. subsoiling. subtropical gardening, mentioned sulfate of potash sulfide of potassium sulfur as fungicide sumac sunflowers, wild sunken fence surgery swainsona sweet-flag sweet gum sweet-herbs sweet pea, culture of sweet potato

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

  • Put in at first a quartered Onion or two, some Oat-meal, or French barley, some bottome of a Venison-pasty-crust, twenty whole grains of Pepper: four or five Cloves at last, and a little bundle of sweet-herbs, store of

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634

  • Knife; Put it to the gravy of some meat, and some wine or strong broth, sweet-herbs a quantity, let it stew till it be very tender; season it to your liking; and varnish your dish with Marygold-flowers or Barberries.

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634

  • To make an Olio Pye: — Make your pye ready; then take the thin collops of the but-end of a leg of veal; as many as you think will fill your pye; hack them with the back of a knife, and season them with pepper, salt, cloves, and mace; wash over your collops with a bunch of feathers dipped in eggs, and have in readiness a good hand-full of sweet-herbs shred small; the herbs must be thyme, parsley, and spinage; and the yolks of eight hard eggs, minced, and a few oysters parboiled and chopt; some beef-suet shred very fine.

    Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006

  • a seasoning of hard-boiled yolk of egg and sweet-herbs minced small, grated bread, pepper, salt, and nutmeg; and, if you choose,

    Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches Eliza Leslie 1822

  • Then take it out of that, and put it into another fit vessel, or the same cleansed, and put upon it about two quarts of good strong deep well bodied Claret-wine, and a good bundle of sweet-herbs, (Penny-royal, Sweet-Marjoram, Winter-savory, Limon

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634

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