Making and Knowing
A minimal edition of BnF Ms Fr 640

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Small dogs

Small barbet dogs are recognizable thanks to their muzzle which is larger than that of other dogs.

Salted artichokes

One should put them fill and not too ripe in a small barrel full of brine. Then can be served all year long, with salads, oil and vinegar, raw, as prepared in this way they take long to cook. Make sure to try your brine with an egg: if it is good, the egg will float in it. If it does not float, it means the brine is not strong enough and would not conserve the fruits.

Trees

Those which carry fruits age early and do not last long.

Birds

Those who have been fed at the spit do not sing among or the company of other birds, they do only when they have their own cage. To teach them to sing well, they have to be taken from their nest as young as possible, and be covered with a duvet or rabbit skin. That way, having not seen their father and known their voice, they learn better to sing the way they are taught to.

Fonte

The potée is made of burnt earth which was used in the fonte, this is earth bourre bolvene in which one has melted it. One grinds it on a big stone, & with this one one makes the chappe of first coat of the chappe of bells, where there are letters & works, & le only needs to be reheated in the flame of a straw, and mold very neatly.

The earth which molds in noyau is subject to making it porous, if you do not rub well with a brush or your finger on the molded piece, which should be well oiled. And do it coat by coat, & not all at once.

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