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To Make Jam of Apricocks

{(N^o.30)} Take Apricocks & pare them, cut them
in peices & to every Pound of them, take
3/4 poundpound of double refine Sugar, take half the
Sugar & the whole Quantity of Apricocks
& boil them as fast as you can, do not stir
them with a spoon but keep them shaking
till they are almost enough, then put in
the rest of the sugar, & give it one boil
or two and so let it cool, then put it off the
fire, you may try if it will Jelly

To Pickle the Indian way

{(N^o.31)} Take fruit or greens, & strew them with fine
Salt, that they may be well salted, shake
them well every day, then drain the water
from them, do this for 3 days throwing a
Handfull of fresh salt every day, after
You have well drained them, then lay
them separate in the sun till they are quite
Dry, the put some of the best vinegar to them,
some mace cloves peper, beat mustard seed
and Powder of Tumerick & mace with vinegar
into a pulp, which must be mix'd with
the Other Ingredients, some cloves of Garlick
skin'd & long peper, as to the Ingredients
you must govern yourself by the Quantity
of fruit you use, Colly Flower looks pretty
this way but for Goodness the whitete cabbage is preferd