Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
369. _To make a Conserve of Clove Jilly Flowers as an excellent
Cordiall._
Take to every ounce of flowers all the white cut off 3 ounces of sugar
beat them very small so keep them to a pound which put into an earthen
or silver bason set it over the fire stir it till the Sugar dissolve
and to a pound put an ounce and half of powder of cloves a grain and
half of civet a grain and half of beaszer half a grain of unicorns horn
the juice of half a lemon mingle all well together and keep it for your
use.
370. _Apricockes the best way to preserve in Jelly._
Take apricockes before full ripe pare them and cut them in halves & lay
them in double refined Sugar finely beaten to a pound of apricockes 3
quarters of a pound of Sugar let them stand all night and if you have
not jelly of white currance take the worser sort of apricockes pale in
colour and slice them thin and to 3 quarters of a pound of slices take
half a pound of Sugar put them in a silver bason and set them on the
fire till the Sugar be melted and when it is scaulding hot strain the
sirrop from your apricocks and set it by till your half apricocks boyle
then put your sirrop to them and boyle it together till your apricocks
be clear they must be very well scummed to a pound of halves take 3
quarters of a pound of slices put your halves in glasses & strain your
sirrop to them through a tiffeny.
371. _To pickle Violets for Sallets._
Cut your stalks very close put them in a glass strew some Sugar on
y^m mingled with a little Salt so do till all be in then pour on your
vinegar a pint of vinegar to half a pound of sugar and press them down
till the flowers sinke which they will in 4 or 5 days.
372. _To preserve Goosberrys in Jelly._
Take the fairest goosberries stone them into fair water to every pound
of the berrie 3 quarters of a pound of double refined sugar and put a
little fair water to it when it boyles put in 3 quarters of pound of
measur’d goosberrys and boyle them in your sirrop till they are all
broken then strain out your sirrop and set it by then take to a pound
of your stoned goosberrys a pound of double refined Sugar put it in
your bason set it on the fire with very little water when it boyles and
is clear scummed put in your stoned goosberries as it boyles so let it
boyle till they are clear then put to them the sirrop you set by let
them boyle a little together then glass them up you must do but a row
at a time ye berry must turn white.
373. _To preserve Goosberries._
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