=Orange Marmalade--No. 1.=
To 1 dozen oranges use 4 lemons. Peel four oranges and boil the peel
until you can run a wisp through it. Peel the others and divide all into
sections; remove the seeds and stringy parts, and cut into small pieces.
Grate the yellow rind of 2 of the lemons and squeeze the juice of all,
which add to the orange pulp. When the orange peel is tender, remove the
white part with a sharp knife, and shred the yellow part very fine with
scissors. Add this to the mixture and weigh, and allow an equal weight
of sugar. Boil the pulp ten minutes, then add the sugar and boil thirty
minutes (a steady boil), stirring constantly, as it burns very easily.
=Orange Marmalade--No. 2.=
4 lemons, 1 dozen oranges, 2 pounds sugar, 1 quart water. Soak oranges
and lemons in water over night, previously slicing them in very thin,
small pieces. Cook till soft. After partially boiled away, put in the
sugar. This quantity makes twelve or fourteen glasses.
=Fig Jam--No. 1.=
2 pounds figs, 2 oranges and 2 lemons to each 2 pounds of fruit. Use the
juice of the oranges and lemons; also the finest of the pulp and the
rind of 1 orange, shredded, as for marmalade. Boil the figs, juice and
rind for half an hour, then add 1 pound sugar to each 2 pounds of figs,
and boil another half hour. Cover when hot.
=Fig Jam--No. 2.=
6 pounds figs, 3 of sugar, 2 lemons, sliced, 1/2 cup sliced green ginger
root. Boil three hours.
=Apricot Jam.=
Pour boiling water on fruit; peel and throw into cold water. Chop the
blanched nuts of the stones and add to the fruit (2 nuts to each pound).
Cook half an hour; add 3/4 pound sugar to 1 of fruit, and cook fifteen
minutes. Put in bowls or glasses, and seal air tight.
=Isabella Grape Jam.=
Boil grapes until tender, then put through a sieve. Add 3/4 pound sugar
to each pound of fruit. Then boil as for jelly.
=Currant Jelly.=
1 pound sugar to 1 pint juice. Heat sugar in oven while the juice comes
to a boil; add sugar, and boil four or five minutes.
=Pineapple Preserve.=
Pare and grate pineapples, 3/4 pound sugar to 1 pound fruit. Put fruit
and sugar on together, and when it comes to a boil let it cook twenty
minutes.
=Preserved Grapes.=
Eight pounds will make one dozen and a half tumblers. To the grapes put
an equal weight of sugar; then squeeze the pulp from the skin. Cook the
pulp a few minutes and rub through a wine sieve to separate the seeds.
Cook skins in the same water until soft (if you have no water left in
the kettle, add some); skim them out and put in sugar. When it begins to
cook put in pulp and skins, and cook slowly until they jelly. It should
form a moderately stiff jelly.
=Brandy Peaches.=
If possible procure "Morris White" peaches. Peel very carefully and
throw into cold water to keep them white. To 6 pounds of fruit allow the
same weight of sugar; make a syrup of 2 pounds of the sugar and cook
peaches very slowly until tender. Lay them on a platter to cool. Then
add the remainder of the sugar and make a rich syrup; remove from fire
and let it cool a little. Place the peaches in jars. To every 2 cups of
syrup add 1 of perfectly white brandy, and pour over the peaches.
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