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Mary Carnegie and Susan Gillespie cookbook, 1804-1905

Page 101

101  Curd Cheesecake
Old Charleton [illegible]
3 [chopins?] of Milk [carned?] and [prepared?] 1/4 lb Sugar 6 ounces of currants, 6 ounces fresh Butter broke in small bits, not melted - mix them well with the hand, cloves and cinnamon to your taste a handful of bread crumbs or biscuit  - 6 Eggs and a small tea cupfull of Brandy and a little  [Batofia?] [fire?] them a [fair?] [time?] and firm in tart pans with thin paste - not too small or thin - 

A Dry Curry from Madras - Mrs [illegible]
To a pound of of meat put a table Spoonful of Curry powdered Onion the juice of a Lemon a tea cupful of Water cut the meat into small pieces. Slice the onion and fry it in butter to a light brown - then add the powder the gravy the water and a little Salt and stir all together till [nearly?] dry serve it up hot -

Dried Currant Cake
To a pint of juice of black Currants 1 qr of a lb Loaf Sugar, boil it slowly for 40 minutes, then pour it upon flat [illegible] and place it to dry in a warm room, or in the Sun, for some days until it is sufficiently dried to peel off the plate, when it is cut in stripes, like Leather---- then turn it on the other side and let it remain two or three days more, when it may be cut in small pieces, and put up in boxes for use --- (it does well to put white paper between each layer of Jelly, when to be kept in a Box or drawer.

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101 Curd Cheesecake Old Charleton [illegible] 3 [chopins?] of Milk [carned?] and [prepared?] 1/4 lb Sugar 6 ounces of currants, 6 ounces fresh Butter broke in small bits, not melted - mix them well with the hand, cloves and cinnamon to your taste a handful of bread crumbs or biscuit - 6 Eggs and a small tea cupfull of Brandy and a little [Batofia?] [fire?] them a [fair?] [time?] and firm in tart pans with thin paste - not too small or thin - A Dry Curry from Madras - Mrs [illegible] To a pound of of meat put a table Spoonful of Curry powdered Onion the juice of a Lemon a tea cupful of Water cut the meat into small pieces. Slice the onion and fry it in butter to a light brown - then add the powder the gravy the water and a little Salt and stir all together till [nearly?] dry serve it up hot - Dried Currant Cake To a pint of juice of black Currants 1 qr of a lb Loaf Sugar, boil it slowly for 40 minutes, then pour it upon flat [illegible] and place it to dry in a warm room, or in the Sun, for some days until it is sufficiently dried to peel off the plate, when it is cut in stripes, like Leather---- then turn it on the other side and let it remain two or three days more, when it may be cut in small pieces, and put up in boxes for use --- (it does well to put white paper between each layer of Jelly, when to be kept in a Box or drawer.