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To make white Curran wine Mrs Walker
To every gallons of cold water put 4 pound of Raisins Chopt
2 pounds of single refind sugar 3 pounds of Currans Keep them in
tubb 10 days Stiring them once or twice a day, then press
out the liquor and bottle Tie it for and when fine bottle it.
To Pickle Red Cabbage
Take the close leaved cabbage & cut it into quarters & when
your liqkr boyls put in your cabbage & give it a dozen walms
Then make your pickle of white wine vinegar & Clarret
you may put to it beet root boyld them first & Turnips half
boyld & it is very good for garnishing your Dishes.
To Clear Sugar
Take 2 or 3 whites of Eggs & put them into a bason of water &
wash a very [Cled] hand lather as you do sope. take nothing
but the froth & when your syrup boyls with a ladle cover it with
it do this till your syrup is clear making still more frouth &
covering the syriye with it it will make the worst sugar as clear
as any & it will preserve any fruit.
To make a boyld Custard Mrs Farmer
Take a pint of milk boil it with some nutmeg when it is cold
boild take it of the fire, have the yolks of six Eggs well beat and
mix it with the milk but before the milk is no so hot when y[our] mi[x]
it put it on the fire again to Thicken and be sure it do first boil
after the Eggs are in sweeten it to your taste, you may put in
an oz. of jorden almonds beat not very fine a little orange
flower water or sack. put it in cups for use.
The nutmeg must be cut into peeces and not grated.