More on treacle, thanks to Mr Christopher Couchman of Bath, who sends a lovely recipe for Venice treacle, taken from the English Dispensatory of John Quincy (who died in 1722). My husband, before going off on some pharmaceutically funded freebie, said he remembered the book but hadn’t used it recently.
I love strange lists, but have no room for all the contents of this ‘capital alexipharmic’.
Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it
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