From Aberdeen Crullas to Zwiebach — the vast Cassell's dictionary with a recipe for everything, each priced to the penny ('Probable cost, 2s.'), plus the whole science of the 1912 kitchen.
The plant of this name was formerly much cultivated by cottagers as an aromatic and tonic, and the root stock of it is still used in a candied form. The word is now generally applied to a candy flavoured with the root of the plant