Many of the recipes are attributed to people in Reading, hence the inference that the manuscript comes from there. The recipes include one claiming to be the original for Bath Oliver biscuits as well as full directions for Indian pickle, Walson sausages, gingerbread nuts, walnut ketchup, Dutch flumery (which includes half a pint of mountain wine), white ratifie, English noyeau, Chicken Panada, and several ways with potatoes. There are a few household recipes, but the "Opera House recipe" for sprains in included.