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Mary Carnegie and Susan Gillespie cookbook, 1804-1905

Page 74

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74 To dry [Mazmem?] [Bonum?] Plumbs Weigh the first and to each pound take half a pound of Sugar — put the plumbs in a Jar or scalding water till they crack then take off their Skins and take out the Stones, breaking them as little as possible - pound the Sugar dividing it into four parts and after making one part into a syrup take it and pour it upon the plumbs - next day put them on a Sieve and let the syrup drop from them - the day after take another part of the Sugar and boil it up with the same syrup - put it over the Plumbs and do the same or four days in all, till the Sugar becomes a strong Syrup let them lay for two days in the last Syrup then put them on the shallow [Side?] of a Sieve till dry - Mrs Bruce Grangeham 1824
 
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