Here's a picture of the recipe in Dictionarium Domesticum (thanks to Google Books):

1700+ Reddit comments:

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Reddit, thank you.

I hope time travel is never invented or else this guy is going to have a serious case of Paris syndrome.

That was very cool to read! Thanks. Link for lazy:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome

Lol, that's the first I've heard of Paris Syndrome. 

I can't help thinking of Wallace Shawn from The Princess Bride with that voice.

Nailed it! 

Inconceivable!