Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take quinces and pare them and cut them into water then set them over
the fire and let them boyle very fast till the quinces be very tender
then strain the jelly and take the weight of it in Sugar and wet it in
water set it on the fire and let it boyle to sugar again then put in
the jelly and set it over the fire and stir it till all the sugar be
melt’d but it must not boyle then put them in glasses.
61. _To make Orange Cakes._
Scrape your oranges with a piece of glass till all the deep colour be
off, y^n take the peel off and rub it with salt and lay it in water a
little while then take it out and dry it in a cloth then cut all the
white from it and put the yellow peel into water to wash the salt well
from it then boyle it tender in 2 waters when it is tender you must dry
it very well in a cloth and shred it as small as you can, then take the
juice and meat of your oranges and put to the shred peel but be sure
that there be no seeds nor strings in it, it must be very well broken
with a spoon then you must take the weight of your oranges in double
refined Sugar, melt your Sugar with fair water and set it on the fire
and let it boyle and scumme it well and when it begins to candie put
in your orange and let it stand on the fire stiring it till the Sugar
be melt’d it must not boyle, then put it in cake glasses and Set it in
a warme stove and when you find it candied at top and jelly’d turn it
on plates and so keep it turning as you see it candie till its dry.
62. _To make Apricock Cakes._
Take a pound of sugar and boyle it almost to a candie height then put
a pound of Apricocks sliced very thin but not pared into it stir them
about and let them stand on a soft fire till the sugar be melt’d then
put them in cake glasses and set them in a stove & when they begin to
dry turn them out on glasses.
63. _To make Sirrop of Violets._
Take half a pound of pickt violets and put a pint of water boyling hot
to them cover them close and let it stand one day then strain it out
and to a pint of the liquor put 2 pound and quarter of Sugar and set it
into a kettle of boyleing water and let the Sugar dissolve and scumme
it well when its scaulding hot its enough and when cold bottle it.
64. _To dry Cherrys._
Stone 6 pound of cherrys and put one pound of Sugar to them and let
them boyle as quick as you can till they look clear then let them lay
in ye sirrop 3 days then lay them on sives and set them in an oven
after bread is baked 2 or 3 times turning them.
65. _To make Apricock Marmelade or Cakes._
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