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Emma Cornelia Ricketson cookbook manuscript, New Bedford, December 1862

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Jellies Apple. "Receipt Book" Select the best pippin or bell-flower apples. - pare, core and quarter them. Lay them in a preserving kettle, & put to them as much water only as will cover them, and as much lemon - peel as you choose. Boil them till they are soft, but not till they break. Drain off the water through a cullender & mash the apples with the back of a spoon. Put them into a jelly bag, & squeeze out the juice To every pint of juice, allow a pound loaf sugar, broken up, & the juice of 2 lemons - put the juice & sugar into the kettle & boil 20 minutes skimming it well.- then pour warm into your glasses - but not so warm as to break them When cold, cover each glass with white paper dipped in brandy & tie it down tight with another paper. Keep in a cool place.
 
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