To preserve QUINCES whole

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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  1. Pare your quinces very thin and round, that they may look like a screw.
  2. Put them into a well tinned saucepan, with a new pewter spoon in the middle of them.
  3. Fill your saucepan with hard water, and lay the parings over your quinces, to keep them down.
  4. Cover your saucepan to close that the steam cannot get out.
  5. Set them over a slow fire till they are soft, and a fine pink colour.
  6. Let them stand till they are cold.
  7. Make a good syrup of double refined sugar, boil and skim it well.
  8. Put in your quinces, and let them boil ten minutes.
  9. Take them off, and let them stand two or three hours.
  10. Boil them till the syrup looks thick, and the quinces clear.
  11. Put them into deep jars, with brandy papers and leather over them.
  12. Keep them in a dry place for use.
Original Text
To preserve QUINCES whole. PARE your quinces very thin and round, that they may look like a screw, then put them into a well tinned saucepan, with a new pewter spoon in the middle of them, and fill your saucepan with hard water, and lay the parings over your quinces, to keep them down, cover your saucepan to close that the steam cannot get out, set them over a slow fire till they are soft, and a fine pink colour, let them stand till they are cold, and make a good syrup of double refined sugar, boil and skim it well, then put in your quinces, let them boil ten minutes, take them off, and let them stand two or three hours, then boil them till the syrup looks thick, and the quinces clear, then put them into deep jars, with brandy papers and leather over them; keep them in a dry place for use.—N. B. You may preserve quinces in quarters the same way.
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