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Preserves
To Dry Cherrys

Take 6 pounds of the best cherrys and stone them put
them in a preserving pan with one pound of sugar
and 4 spoonfulls of watter let it stand 5 hours then boil them
up quick till they look clear let them stand in the syrup all
the night then lay them out in lines to dry in the sun when all
dry pour some scalding watter on them put them in a cloth to
dry them put them in a stone dish and put them in a gentel
oven all night then [cool?] them up close the same [quantity] will
do use the same syrup

To Preserve Currants
Take best dry currants you can get pick them off the
stems and put half a pound of sugar to a pound of currants
puting a laise of currants and a laise of sugar in the pan
Let them boil gentily over a charcole fire keep it stirring
as it boil till you see the currants is boil'd then take out the
currants and put 3 or 4 handfulls of sugar in the juice boil it up
again about a quarter of an hour and then put in the juice
to the currants on the morrow you may paper them down
the same as you do the jam mind when they foment for as
often as you see them going to work you must separate the
currants from the juice and biol the juice up with a handfull or
2 of sugar and then pour it in the currants do this as often
as you se thay want it paper them close again