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1782 68 Qts Currants 1 Raspberries 33lb Sugar 53 Qts Cur32 Qts 8 Galls 2½ Sugar 8 " 20lb [illeg]/ 14 4lb 284/ 3 " 7 17 " 7 Mrs Starkie

about as warm as milk fromthe Cow- put to it 25 pound lb of Malaga raisins pricke’d & rubbe’d veryclean, & then throw in the sage-stir all the ingredients together &let them stand a week in a cool place- then strain your liquor through’a…

another vessel & put to it a little yeast when it must stand 3days to work, when the fermentationis over, let it he drawn into aclean vessel then stand close covere’d3 weeks- then bottle it up, putinto each bottle a little sugar-Strawberry…

poure‘d into another vessel where it must stand 4 days to fermentwith yeast; when the fermentation is overlet it lie shut up close & stand ina cool place at least a month- then drain it into another vessel,where it must stand 6 weeks longer,…

through a coarse cloth, wringingthe berries, put the juice intoa clean kettle- to every quart of juice put a pound of fineLisbon sugar, let it boil, and skimit well- When clear and fine pourit into a jar, when cold covered close and keep it till you…

it though a sieve into anothervessel, let it stand 3 days-after which pour it into a third vessellet it ferment with atoast covere'd on both sides withyeast- when the fermentation isended run it slowlyinto a cask- keep it least8 months before it is…

of syrup of Citron or Lemons beforeyou tun it- strain it off the thirdday squeeze the Cowslips througha coarse cloth then strain itthrough a flannel bag tun itup laying the bung aside for 2or 3 days to see if it worksif it does not work bung itdown…

Best Lavender Water8 pennyweight of oil of Lavender3┌d┐ram of musk & 3 of Ber-gamot, put into a Quart of Sprits ofWine with about an ounce of fineSugar- Put them into a well corke’d bottle & shake them often

Snaps Alice 1 pound lb flour, 1 pound lb Sugar, mix them together¾ pound lb Butter, melt it withoutwater, work- it into the flour andsugar, roll it out & cut into shapes-Greens Greens should be boil[e]’d in the hardest water that can be got- the…

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