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garnish it with either red or green, or both if you please. 

 A Perfect School of Instructions for the Officers of the Month, 

 by Giles Rose, one of the Master Cooks to Charles II, 1682. 



EGGS WITH SUCCORY. Blanch some Succory, squeeze it 

 well, give it three or four Cuts with a Knife, put it into a 

 Stew-pan, moisten it with a little Fish-broth, season it with 

 Pepper, Salt, a Bunch of Savory Herbs, let it simmer half 

 an hour, and then thicken it with a Fish-Cullis, lay it 

 handsomely in the Dish, and having poached your Eggs in 

 Butter, and cut them round, lay them upon the Succory, 

 and serve them in Plates or little Dishes, or for Hors- 

 d'ceuvres. Ibid. 



EYEBRIGHT 



Eyebright Euphrasia officinalis is one of the loveliest 

 of minute herbs. The ancient Greeks named it after the 

 linnet, who first revealed its virtues to mankind. It has 

 always had the reputation of restoring lost vision, and 

 Culpepper tells us that if only we knew how to use it 

 properly, spectacle makers would soon lose their trade. 

 Many herbalists also recommend eyebright tea. 



EYEBRIGHT TEA. One pint of boiling water poured on 

 to an ounce of the whole herb. 



FENNEL 



" He who sees fennel and gathers it not, is not a man but 

 a devil." The Book of I ago ab Dewi. 



" Fennel in potage and in mete 



Is good to done whane yu schalt ete. 

 All grene looke it be corwyn (carved) small 

 In what mete you usyn schall." 



Fourteenth Century MS , 



" Then went I forth on my right hond 

 Downe by a little path I fond 

 Of mintes full and fennell greene." 



CHAUCER. 



