The whole secret of making them
red, consisteth in doing them in Pewter, which spoileth other preserves,
and in any other mettal these will not be red. If you will have any Amber
in them, you may to ten or twelve pounds of Wardens, put in about twenty
grains of Amber, and one, or at most, two grains of Musk, ground with a
little Sugar, and so put in at the last. Though the Wardens be not covered
over with the Syrup in the stewing by a good deal, yet the steam, that
riseth and cannot get out, but circulateth, will serve both to stew them,
and to make them red and tender.
SWEET MEAT OF APPLES
My Lady Barclay makes her fine Apple-gelly with slices of John apples.
Sometimes she mingles a few Pippins with the John's to make the Gelly. But
she liketh best the John's single, and the colour is paler. You first fill
the glass with slices round-wise cut, and then the Gelly is poured in to
fill up the vacuities. The Gelly must be boiled to a good stiffness. Then
when it is ready to take from the fire, you put in some juyce of Limon, and
of Orange too, if you like it: but these must not boil; yet it must stand a
while upon the fire stewing in good heat, to have the juyces Incorporate
and Penetrate well.
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