The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
October 26th : PORK JELLY
Let a fresh leg of pork be cut into large pieces, the bone broken, and put into three gallons of soft water, with half an ounce of nutmeg, and half an ounce of mace . Boil for three hours over a slow fire, strain off the liquor, and skim the fat when quite cold.
The eminent Dr. Radcliffe used to prescribe a wine-glassful of this made warm, to be taken fasting in the morning and just before going to bed, as a powerful check to consumptive symptoms.