106. _To Preserve Sweet Lemons or Oranges._

Take your oranges and pare them very thin and lay them all night in

cold water then boyle them half an hour and put them into cold water

y^n make holes on the top where the stalk growes and take out the seeds

as clean as you can and let them lay in that water till the next day

then boyle them again almost half an hour then take them up and Set

them upon a double cloth and cover them with a cloth till they be

almost cold then weigh them and take to every pound of orange a pound

and half of Sugar and to every pound of Sugar a wine pint and half of

water boyle your sirrop and strain it and when it is almost cold put in

your oranges and boyle them with a soft fire till they look clear and

the Sirrop of a good hight about a fortnight or 3 weeks after take your

Sirrop from your oranges and boyle it again and when it is cold put

your oranges in it and keep it in glasses. y^e great red oranges will

do best this way.

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