_Ingredients._—To every 8 lbs. of red, rough, ripe gooseberries allow
1 quart of red-currant juice, 5 lbs. of loaf sugar. _Mode._—Have the
fruit gathered in dry weather, and cut off the tops and tails. Prepare
1 quart of red-currant juice, the same as for red-currant jelly; put
it into a preserving-pan with the sugar, and keep stirring until the
latter is dissolved. Keep it boiling for about 5 minutes; skim well;
then put in the gooseberries, and let them boil from ½ to ¾ hour; then
turn the whole into an earthen pan, and let it remain for 2 days. Boil
the jam up again until it looks clear; put it into pots, and when cold,
cover with oiled paper, and over the jars put tissue-paper brushed
over on both sides with the white of an egg, and store away in a dry
place. Care must be taken, in making this, to keep the jam well stirred
and well skimmed, to prevent it burning at the bottom of the pan, and
to have it very clear. _Time._—5 minutes to boil the currant-juice
and sugar after the latter is dissolved; from ½ to ¾ hour to simmer
the gooseberries the first time, ¼ hour the second time of boiling.
_Average cost_, from 8_d._ to 10_d._ per lb. pot. _Sufficient._—Allow
1½ pint of fruit for a lb. pot. _Seasonable._—Make this in June or July.
GOOSEBERRY JAM, White or Green.
_Ingredients._—Equal weight of fruit and sugar. _Mode._—Select the
gooseberries not very ripe, either white or green, and top and tail
them. Boil the sugar with water (allowing ½ pint to every lb.) for
about ¼ hour, carefully removing the scum as it rises; then put in the
gooseberries, and simmer gently till clear and firm: try a little of
the jam on a plate; if it jellies when cold, it is done, and should
then be poured into pots. When cold, cover with oiled paper, and
tissue-paper brushed over on both sides with the unbeaten white of an
egg, and stow away in a dry place. _Time._—¼ hour to boil the sugar and
water, ¾ hour the jam. _Average cost_, from 6_d._ to 8_d._ per lb. pot.
_Sufficient._—Allow 1½ pint of fruit for a lb. pot. _Seasonable._—Make
this in June.