The manner of makingChocolate.Set a Pot of Conduit Water over the fire untill it boiles, then to every person that is to drink, put an ounce ofChocolate, with as much Sugar into another Pot; wherein you must poure a pint of the said boiling Water, and therein mingle theChocolateand the Sugar, with the instrument calledEl Molinillo, untill it be thoroughly incorporated: which done, poure in as many halfe pints of the said Water as there be ounces ofChocolate, and if you please, you may put in one or two yelks of fresh Eggs, which must be beaten untill they froth very much; the hotter it is drunke, the better it is, being cold it may doe harme. You may likewise put in a slice of white bred or Bisquet, and eate that with theChocolate. The newer and fresher made it is, the more benefit you shall finde by it; that which comes from forreigne parts, and is stale, is not so good as that which is made here.
Set a Pot of Conduit Water over the fire untill it boiles, then to every person that is to drink, put an ounce ofChocolate, with as much Sugar into another Pot; wherein you must poure a pint of the said boiling Water, and therein mingle theChocolateand the Sugar, with the instrument calledEl Molinillo, untill it be thoroughly incorporated: which done, poure in as many halfe pints of the said Water as there be ounces ofChocolate, and if you please, you may put in one or two yelks of fresh Eggs, which must be beaten untill they froth very much; the hotter it is drunke, the better it is, being cold it may doe harme. You may likewise put in a slice of white bred or Bisquet, and eate that with theChocolate. The newer and fresher made it is, the more benefit you shall finde by it; that which comes from forreigne parts, and is stale, is not so good as that which is made here.
FINIS.
Transcriber’s Note:In general, spelling and punctuation are as found. Changes have been made as follows:Title Page:The date1652is from the catalogue entry. The last digit is obscured (165?) in the original.Colminero changed toColmenero(matches other occurrences in the text).Poem:Chonolate changed toChocolateFirst Point:re-received changed toreceivedan-answered changed toansweredprimaq; expanded toprimaqueRemoved duplicated word “it” in “thoughitexcuse not”SidenoteTa-asco.is unclear in the scan and was left as found.cumq; expanded tocumquedulcisq; expanded todulcisquecommõ expanded tocommonSecond Point:Cocao changed toCacaoDuplicated signature mark B4 changed toC4
In general, spelling and punctuation are as found. Changes have been made as follows: