The Fourth Part of the Prosperity of Germany

Part Four.

not everywhere available. However, Spiritus Salis can be prepared and kept everywhere, and for that reason it is deservedly to be preferred to all other condiments.

But when in the winter time green herbs are not available, their place can be taken by crushed roots of water pepper, or mustard flour, reduced into hot and cold broths with sugar and Spiritus Salis. I would not have anyone be so bold as to hold these broths of mine in contempt before he has tasted them. For I have no doubt that if he has perceived their sweetness by taste even once, he will prefer them to others and will show due honor to the vinegar of Sal.

But so that I may also exhibit an experiment taken from the storehouse of Sal to those who are delighted by the flavor of good butter and cheese, let them attend to what follows here. If you are desirous of preparing a cow's milk cheese that is durable and possesses all the marks of a good cheese, namely that it should be heavy, compact, dense, and free of eyes, decaying holes, slime, and stench, you will be in possession of your wish by the following operation.

Take milk of cow, sheep, or goat, or one of these that you have at hand, as much as you want or is enough (goat's milk holds the first place among these, sheep's follows, and cow's yields to the former two in goodness and excellence). Heat it over a fire and pour it into a wooden vessel (NB: iron and copper vessels are not admitted here) and Spiritus