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Ginger Biscuits (125)
One pound of flour, half an ounce of Ginger powdered and sifted, two ounces of butter rubbed into the flour, wet with warm milk Sweeten to your taste, roll it thin, cut it into shapes and bake them in a slow oven.
To preserve Oranges Sliced (126)
Let the oranges lay in water a day or two changing the water two or three times a day, then grate off the outer rind but as thin as possible as it is merely to take away the bitterness; cut the oranges into quarters and take out the inside carefully, then let the skins boil until rather tender then lay them on a linen cloth for the water to drain from them and cut them in very thin slices. The juice of a dozen oranges and two lemons are sufficient for eight skins, to every pint of juice put two pounds of sugar, and when the syrup has boiled put in the skins and let them boil till they are quite transparent; The quicker they boil the better as they sooner clear and it does not waste the syrup so much.

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Ginger Biscuits (125) One pound of flour, half an ounce of Ginger powdered and sifted, two ounces of butter rubbed into the flour, wet with warm milk Sweeten to your taste, roll it thin, cut it into shapes and bake them in a slow oven. To preserve Oranges Sliced (126) Let the oranges lay in water a day or two changing the water two or three times a day, then grate off the outer rind but as thin as possible as it is merely to take away the bitterness; cut the oranges into quarters and take out the inside carefully, then let the skins boil until rather tender then lay them on a linen cloth for the water to drain from them and cut them in very thin slices. The juice of a dozen oranges and two lemons are sufficient for eight skins, to every pint of juice put two pounds of sugar, and when the syrup has boiled put in the skins and let them boil till they are quite transparent; The quicker they boil the better as they sooner clear and it does not waste the syrup so much.