%0 Manuscript %A Johnston, J., active 1786 %D 1786 %G English %T Recipe book of J. Johnston, %X The volume contains recipes, remedies, cures and households treatments, as compiled by J. Johnston from 1786 to 1815. Included are recipes for soups, drying fruit, pickling fish and fruit, puddings, breads, cakes, cheeses, roasting and lemonades, a variety of cures and remedies for, amongst others illnesses, coughs, cancers, dropsy, 'weak eyes', cataracts and rhumatism and household treatments for dyes, varnishes and removing stains and rust. The receipes and cures are arranged tĂȘte-bĂȘche in the volume.