HOT CODLINS There was a little woman, as I’ve been told, Who was not very young, nor yet very old; Now this little woman her living got By selling codlins, hot, hot, hot! Codlin: A greenish elongated English apple
used for cooking. An apple fit to stew or coddle. Recipe: Hot Codlins Take half a dozen codlins, or any other good apples, pare and core them, make a little cold butter paste, and roll it up about the thickness of your finger, so lap around every apple, and tie them single in a fine cloth, boil them in a little salt and water, and let the water boil before you put them in; half an hour will boil them; you must have for sauce a little white wine and butter; grate some sugar round the dish, and serve them up. English Housewifery Exemplified
Comment or Share Your Own Nursery Rhymes
|
