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To dry Cherries
Take 4 of Kentish Cherries & pick e fattest of m. n take out the
stones & save e Cherries & m to make m 4 they are stoned
thn put 1 of sugar finely beaten, stren some of e sugar in the bottom
of e pan, & n Cherries & n Sugar till all be In, n set pan over a
slow fire, & w n you hear suger his take of e pan & shake m, and
so do several times till all e suger be melted. & sirrup enough to
boyle m in; let yo fire be quicker & boyle m often shakeing m
let m boyl up 4 or 5 times n put m into an Earthen pan, Cover
m Close & Let stand till t next day; n beat m & out m Into e
Earthen pan e next second day, e next morning heat m betime; that
they may stand In their Liquor till afternoon then t may game
their Coullour againe w Keeping. In Liquor, t take up one
by one & Lay them in Cives & set in t Sun or a Stove & they be
dry Inough, take a Chhine Basson full of warm water, set upon A
few Embers, 7 take a handfull of Cherries at a time & wash & take a dry
Cherry and wipe it & flat it between e Cloth you wipe m w & n lay
m on a Cleane Cive againe, & sett m to dry again for one day
& put up in Boxes w th paps between;
To preserve Barberries
Take yo barberries w are rip red & Large & in yo pott or
Glasse lay sugar in e bottom yo Glasse, & n a Layer of Barb
-Berries & so continued till yo Glasse be full, & let yo sugar be
beaten fine & lye a pap or bladder over yo very Close & so
Sett m stand for y r use & they will looke most dillicately
Coulloured & Beautyfull
Lord The Right Hono
Twedialy
To David Wright
For 41 Days Work at 17 3/4
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