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{No.110}
To Preserve Damsons
To every pound of Damsons a pound of sugar, take some of the Damsons & boil them in
Water, then take half a pint of that Liquor
To wet your sugar, put 1/2poundof sugar more
To Answer your Liquor, boil it, boil your
Sugar and scum it Clear, and when it is
Cold cut your Damsons in the side & put
them in, & let them boil softly, scum them
a Little, then set them by till next day.
then set them on again & let them boil a
Little Longer, shake them, & scum them, till
they look clear, then put them in pots &
Boil the syrup a Little more, and put it to them

{No.111}
A Seed Cake
Take 3poundof Butter, work it with your Hands, till
it's no thicker then cream, then put in the Yolks
of 24 Eggs beat up by degrees, take 3 pounds ofbutter
the whites & beat & work them inup
by degrees, take 3poundof flower, & 3 pounds of sugar
dryws & sifted & strewed in by degrees, & 3 ounces
of Carraway seeds, & a little sack cover the pan
with a thin past & Butter it, thatit may slip
out, you must keep it stirring till it's in the
Oven, which must be very hot.