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To preserve Magerun Bruns. (127) To a pound of loaf sugar a pound and a half of fruit, put the sugar with a few spoonfulls of water into the pan, boil and Skin it till clear, then put in the fruit let them boil till the Skin cracks, peel them, put them in your dish, then pour the Syrup over them and let them Stand till the next day, drain off the syrup and boil it again. To preserve Melons (128) Par off the rind and take out the seeds, cut it as it is mashed and lay it in salt and water two days, then put it into fresh water for a day changing it two or three times, take some of the best ginger. Cut it into bits boil it in a thin Simmer and pour it over the melon boiling hot, do this two or three times a day, then add more sugar till the simmer is of a proper thickness, let the fruit boil ten minutes in this syrup. To every pint of syrup put in a lemon cut in lengths , put it in hot and keep it twelve months before it is used. Sugar Cakes (129) One pound of Sugar, a teaspoonfull of flour and the white of an egg, add either Ginger or lemon
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To preserve Magerun Bruns. (127) To a pound of loaf sugar a pound and a half of fruit, put the sugar with a few spoonfulls of water into the pan, boil and Skin it till clear, then put in the fruit let them boil till the Skin cracks, peel them, put them in your dish, then pour the Syrup over them and let them Stand till the next day, drain off the syrup and boil it again. To preserve Melons (128) Par off the rind and take out the seeds, cut it as it is mashed and lay it in salt and water two days, then put it into fresh water for a day changing it two or three times, take some of the best ginger. Cut it into bits boil it in a thin Simmer and pour it over the melon boiling hot, do this two or three times a day, then add more sugar till the simmer is of a proper thickness, let the fruit boil ten minutes in this syrup. To every pint of syrup put in a lemon cut in lengths , put it in hot and keep it twelve months before it is used. Sugar Cakes (129) One pound of Sugar, a teaspoonfull of flour and the white of an egg, add either Ginger or lemon
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