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Mrs. John Scobell recipe collection manuscript, Reynolds lodging, January 6, 1803

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As soon as it be cold, tie it down with a bladder and leather, and keep it for use; or you may keep it all the year, in a very strong brine of sale and water, and throw it into vinegar just before you use it.

To Candy Angelica
Take it when young, cut it in lengths, cover it close and boil it till it is tender, peel it and put it in again, let it simmer, and boil till it is green, then take it up, and dry it, with a cloth, to every pound of stalks, put a pound sugar, put your stalks, into an earthen pan, beat the sugar, and and strew, over them, let it stand two days, then boil it, till it is clear, and green, put it in a colander to drain, boil it, pound of sugar; to sugar again, strew it on your angelica, lay it on plates to dry, and set them in the oven after the pyes are drawn. Three pounds and a half of sugar, is enough, to four pounds of stalks.

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As soon as it be cold, tie it down with a bladder and leather, and keep it for use; or you may keep it all the year, in a very strong brine of sale and water, and throw it into vinegar just before you use it. To Candy Angelica Take it when young, cut it in lengths, cover it close and boil it till it is tender, peel it and put it in again, let it simmer, and boil till it is green, then take it up, and dry it, with a cloth, to every pound of stalks, put a pound sugar, put your stalks, into an earthen pan, beat the sugar, and and strew, over them, let it stand two days, then boil it, till it is clear, and green, put it in a colander to drain, boil it, pound of sugar; to sugar again, strew it on your angelica, lay it on plates to dry, and set them in the oven after the pyes are drawn. Three pounds and a half of sugar, is enough, to four pounds of stalks.