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Mary Carnegie and Susan Gillespie cookbook, 1804-1905

Page 78

78 [Prime?] Dutch Curacoa - 
Take 5 Ounces of Seville Orange peel cut them and entirely free from the white part put it into a Jar and pour over it 2 quarts of the best Brandy cover the Jar close with bladder - and place it on a [mar?] or Stove moderately heated for 15 days Shake it every day Then gently pour it into another vessel and mix with it the clarified Sugar (3 pounds) when nearly cold then filter it and cover the top of the funnel to prevent evaporation --
Crab Soup
Take two or three fresh Haddocks, add parsley, onions, &c boil all to a [mash?] & strain it thro' a Cullender -- The crab fish is to be beat in a mortar, and added to the stock, with a mutchkin of good cream -- season it with white pepper & nutmeg
 - Crab Patties - 
Take the meat from the Crab, beat it & season it with white pepper & nutmeg -- add a few crumbs of bread, a spoonful of soup & two or three spoonfuls of cream - boil it a little - fill the Patties & send them up hot.

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78 [Prime?] Dutch Curacoa - Take 5 Ounces of Seville Orange peel cut them and entirely free from the white part put it into a Jar and pour over it 2 quarts of the best Brandy cover the Jar close with bladder - and place it on a [mar?] or Stove moderately heated for 15 days Shake it every day Then gently pour it into another vessel and mix with it the clarified Sugar (3 pounds) when nearly cold then filter it and cover the top of the funnel to prevent evaporation -- Crab Soup Take two or three fresh Haddocks, add parsley, onions, &c boil all to a [mash?] & strain it thro' a Cullender -- The crab fish is to be beat in a mortar, and added to the stock, with a mutchkin of good cream -- season it with white pepper & nutmeg - Crab Patties - Take the meat from the Crab, beat it & season it with white pepper & nutmeg -- add a few crumbs of bread, a spoonful of soup & two or three spoonfuls of cream - boil it a little - fill the Patties & send them up hot.