129. _To preserve Oranges._

Lay your oranges in water all night then pare off the rine as thin as

may be then make a round hole that your finger may go in and take out

all the seeds and set them on the fire & let them boyle half an hour or

better then take them out and put them into cold water till the next

morning then looke that all the seeds be out and boyle them in a fresh

water as before and lay them in cold water again & the next morning

boyle them till they be very tender that a small bennet will go through

them, then set them with the holes downward on a clean cloth to drain 3

or 4 times double then to every pound of orange take a pound and half

of Sugar and to every pound of Sugar a pint of water make your Sirrop

and clear it and strain it then put in your oranges letting them boyle

moderately till they be clear, turning them often, then take them up

and when they be cold put them into a gallypot or glass & when they

have lain a fortnight in the Sirrop take them up & boyle the Sirrop

again.

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