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(231) English way to make Indian Memyost
Take Cucumbers, Pippins, Melons, or the round Pumpkins, scoop them & fill them with Salt, put them in as much water as will cover them; let them remain 24 hours; drain them & at the Bottom lay a slice of the hottest Capsisiam, thereon spread a little mustard seed, if a Cucumber, a clove of Garlick or Schallot at back and if a melon 2, in the middle, and all along a piece of shred Horse-radish fill it up with mustard Seed, Horse Radish, Capsisiam & Garlick, sen it up: then boil the following pickle: 2 oz Turmaric: 1 oz Ginger: 1/4 oz Jamaica pepper: 1 Quart best white wine vinegar: pour it over the above - if you want them green, leave out the Turmaric: N.B. If you want them Yellow, which is the [illegible] Color of the Indian Mango, boil your Pickle about a minute, when cold, it will be of a beautiful Yellow, if not Boil up your pickle & pour it over hot -- good
(232) To Preserve Crabs
6 lbs of Crabs to 4 lbs of White Sugar, make the Sugar into a thin syrup and pour it hot onto the cold crabs, repeat this for days, until you fine them rather soft - then boil them with the syrup until the Skins begins to crack - which they should not do. -

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(231) English way to make Indian Memyost Take Cucumbers, Pippins, Melons, or the round Pumpkins, scoop them & fill them with Salt, put them in as much water as will cover them; let them remain 24 hours; drain them & at the Bottom lay a slice of the hottest Capsisiam, thereon spread a little mustard seed, if a Cucumber, a clove of Garlick or Schallot at back and if a melon 2, in the middle, and all along a piece of shred Horse-radish fill it up with mustard Seed, Horse Radish, Capsisiam & Garlick, sen it up: then boil the following pickle: 2 oz Turmaric: 1 oz Ginger: 1/4 oz Jamaica pepper: 1 Quart best white wine vinegar: pour it over the above - if you want them green, leave out the Turmaric: N.B. If you want them Yellow, which is the [illegible] Color of the Indian Mango, boil your Pickle about a minute, when cold, it will be of a beautiful Yellow, if not Boil up your pickle & pour it over hot -- good (232) To Preserve Crabs 6 lbs of Crabs to 4 lbs of White Sugar, make the Sugar into a thin syrup and pour it hot onto the cold crabs, repeat this for days, until you fine them rather soft - then boil them with the syrup until the Skins begins to crack - which they should not do. -