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As requested by Cooks list and in preparation for the Pennsic class. Recipes for Lamb's head a transliteration should be apearing on Dr. Glonings site shortly These are very rough translations, and I have not had a chance (nor access to the main ingredient) to attempt redactions.  2. (Lamb) heads to preserve (the word may also mean marinade, or even prepare in a sauce). Clean it out also whole/ take over a beef broth/ that is not too salty/ and when you think/ that it is cooked done/ so take egg yolks and vinegar/ pour it into the broth/ so it becomes white/ also put a few green herbs/ and unsalted fresh butter/ and let it not cook long/ or it curdles from the egg/ and runs together/ so it is neither dainty nor lovely. 3. Heads can also be baked. 4. When the heads are cooked/ and beaten apart (split)/ so clean it out/ which/ when done/ so remove the brain/ stir it with a wooden spoon/ and take grated loaf thereunder/ and also many egg yolks and well-tasting herbs/ put spices thereon/ and make it yellow or not/ Make thereafter a dough with eggs/ and take not much flour thereto/ as much as you can hold between two fingers/ so the eggs hold well together/ put the heads therein/ and bake it out/ when they are filled. 5. You can also bake a cake (as in pancake?)/ when they are cooked/ and cleaned/ so crack eggs/ and beat them together/ let them run through a hair cloth (close woven sieve)/ so they become fine smooth/ Take thereafter butter in a pan/ as much as you intend to make cakes/ make it hot/ and coat(?) the heads in the eggs/ and put one after the other in the hot butter/ set on the coal that the eggs pool(?)/ turn to the other side and bake them also a little/ thereafter pour the eggs over/ and bake it like a pancake/ so they hold together nicely/ arrange them whole in a bowl/ but if you do not want them whole/ so cut each head-let especially apart/ but it is daintier and politer to leave it whole. 6. Heads browned on a rack/ when they are cooked and cleaned/ and when you lay them on the rack/ so (jamb, splint, block, do something [so]) the brain that it does not fall out/ baste with beef fat/ that it stays moist/ arrange it dry/ or make a brown broth over it/ it is in both ways good/ And you must pepper the broth/ and if you arrange it dry/ so sprinkle salt and pepper over/ so it is good and well tasting.