427. _To make Paste of any tender Plummes._

Take any tender plummes and put them in an earthen pot and put your

pot into a pot of Seething water and when they are dissolved strain

all y^e water or liquor from them through a fair cloth and set the

liquor by to make quiddenye of then strain the pulpe through a piece

of cushen canvis take as much Sugar as the pulpe do weigh put to it as

much water as will melt it and boyle it to a candie hight and boyle the

pulpe of the plummes very well upon a chafendish of coles and put them

hot together so boyle them with stiring then lay them upon a pye plate

and fashion it & dry it as before put some pulpe of apples amongst the

plumme pulpe or it will be tough.

To make marmalade of these plummes there is no difference but boyle it

higher then your paste till it come clean from the bottom of ye skillet

then box it.

A Book of Simples · 第 415 / 560 题