To preserve Apricots or Plumbs Green

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Instructions (7)
  1. Take them before they have stones in them, which may be known by putting a pin through them.
  2. Scold them in many waters, till they are as green as grass.
  3. Peel them and coddle them again.
  4. Take the weight of them in sugar, and make a syrup.
  5. Put to your sugar a jack of water.
  6. Then put them in, set them on the fire to boil dowly, till they are clear, skimming them often, and they will be very green.
  7. Put them up in glasses, and keep them for use.
Original Text
To preſerve Apricots or Plumbs Green. TAKE them before they have ſtones in them, which may be known by putting a pin through them; then ſcold them in many waters, till they are as green as graſs; peel them and coddle them again; take the weight of them in ſugar, and make a ſyrup; put to your ſugar a jack of water: then put them in, ſet them on the fire to boil dowly, till they are clear, ſkimming them often, and they will be very green. Put them up in glaſſes, and keep them for uſe.
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