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{No.32} To Preserve Walnuts white

Gather your walnuts the Latter end of June
or the beginning of July, pare of the Green
very clean & prick them full of Holes, & put
them in cold water for 5 or 6 days Hours, then
put them into Boiling water, & let them
Boil, then change them into more boiling
water, & let them boil, then put them into
fresh boiling water, & let them boil a little
while, then take their weight of Double refine
Sugar, & put to it 1 1/2 pint of water, & boil them
a Little, then stick a clove in each, & put them
in the syrup, boil them till they are half
Enough, & set them by till next day, then
put through each of them a peice of cittron
or candy'd Orange peel, then take musk &
Amber grese according to the Quantity of
Nutts, tie them in a peice of fine Leather, &
put them in the syrup, then boil them till
they are enough, & keep them for your uses

{(No.33)} To Pickel Walnuts White

Gather your nuts, as above pare of the rind
till they are white, throw them as you do
them into water & salt, Changing them 2 or 3
times, then have ready some boiling
water & milk, then put in the nuts let them
boil till they are tender, lay them on a cloth
till they are cold, then make a Pickle of white wine
& white wine Vinegar more wine then Vinigar, some cloves
Mace & whole peper, boil it well, & let it stand
till cold put them in pots or Glasses pouring the
{Pickel on them, Prick holes in them
before you put them in salt & water
you may eat them in a week}
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