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To make Currants-Jelly
Young housewive listen, and receive
What goodly hints the muse will give;
It matters not which 'tis, to tell the,
Suppose it her who best loves Jelly-
Of currants red, the better sort,
Well pick'd 4 lbs. of white a quart:
A quart of ale, moreover, madams,
The better sort, we think, is Adam's:
Four pounds of Sugar, good as any,
(I.e.) of suger seven-penny:
These mix, and boil in pan of Copper
Till currant shrunk proclaim it proper
To have recourse to famous seeve;
Of fam'd Hippocrates the sleeve:
That done Let panrefulgents shine-
The boiling juice from scum refine;
and when the weaker parts are flown;
When none remain but what 'tmay own,