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How to dry plums or Damsons
Take half a pound of refined suger beaten
small and in a siluer dish or earthen [stroing]
the bottome of the dish with suger sprinkle
faire watter upon it lay half a pound of plums
one by o upon the bottom of the dish
of the suger and againe sprinkle more
watter upon them couer them with a dish
and put them in an ouen that is hot
and let them stand till [they skins] begin
to be a littill broken then tak them for[...]
and turne them one by one and let them
stand untell the next day then straine
them from the sirup and lay them one
by one upon a seue and set them into an
ouen that is but warm and let them stand
half a day then turne them and let [thrm]
stand till the next day put them into a bo[...]
and set them into a stoue a day or two &
keep them for your use. the sirup of this
half pound of plums will serue for 3 or 4
pound mor with a littell more suger
stir[r]ing amongst upon them when thay are
set in the ouen