212. _To boil a Pike with Oysters._

Take a fair Pike and gut it and wash it, and truss it round with the
tail in the mouth, then take white Wine, Water and Salt, with a bundle
of sweet herbs, and whole Spice, a little Horse-radish; when it boils,
tie up your Pike in a Cloth, and put it in, and let it boil till it
swims, for then it is enough; then take the Rivet of the Pike, and a
Pint of great Oysters with their Liquor, and some Vinegar, large Mace,
gross Pepper, then lay your Pike in a Dish with Sippets, and then heat
these just named things with some Butter and Anchovies, and pour over
it; garnish your Dish as you please.


213. _To make a grand Sallad._

Take a fair broad brimm'd dish, and in the middle of it lay some pickled
Limon Pill, then lay round about it each sort by themselves, Olives,
Capers, Broom Buds, Ash Keys, Purslane pickled, and French Beans
pickled, and little Cucumbers pickled, and Barberries pickled, and
Clove Gilliflowers, Cowslips, Currans, Figs, blanched Almonds and
Raisins, Slices of Limon with Sugar on them, Dates stoned and sliced.

Garnish your Dish brims with Candied Orange, Limon and Citron Pill, and
some Candied Eringo roots.


214. _To rost Pig with a Pudding in his Belly._

Take a fat Pig and truss his head backward loking over his back, then