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To make cleane cakes of [peere?] plums
Take your plums & put them in a pan & cover them with
water. & let them boile very well then put them thro
your pulpin seive & rub them with the back of a
ladle. & git thro all you can. then either weigh it or
measure it a pint is a pound. & to every pound put
a pound of double refined sugar [bes?] & put thro a
wier seive. then put the pulp into a cleane pan &
give it a good heat but no more. then fill as many
glasses with it as you would have [white?]. & to the
rest for rid take a little [Carmine?] & mix it with
a little water dissolve it well & put it thro a
muzlin bag & squeaze it into your cleane cakes.
& give it one heat just after you put in. so fill your
pots & glasses & set them into your stove. & doe
with them as you doe with your other cleane cakes
take care your plums be not too ripe. for then they
will be too yellow but rather let them be greenish
if you will you may make a little Jelly to mix
with them

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(70) To make cleane cakes of [peere?] plums Take your plums & put them in a pan & cover them with water. & let them boile very well then put them thro your pulpin seive & rub them with the back of a ladle. & git thro all you can. then either weigh it or measure it a pint is a pound. & to every pound put a pound of double refined sugar [bes?] & put thro a wier seive. then put the pulp into a cleane pan & give it a good heat but no more. then fill as many glasses with it as you would have [white?]. & to the rest for rid take a little [Carmine?] & mix it with a little water dissolve it well & put it thro a muzlin bag & squeaze it into your cleane cakes. & give it one heat just after you put in. so fill your pots & glasses & set them into your stove. & doe with them as you doe with your other cleane cakes take care your plums be not too ripe. for then they will be too yellow but rather let them be greenish if you will you may make a little Jelly to mix with them