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brandy; put white paper over the glasses, twisted round the top, and prick the paper full of holes with a pin.


To make Black Currant Jelly.

Make it the same way as the red currant jelly, only with this difference, make it with the coarsest lump sugar.

Note.—This jelly is never used in a dessert, but is a very good thing for a sore throat.


To make Calves Foot Jelly.

Take a set of calves feet, take the long bone out, split the foot, and take out the fat; boil these in six quarts of water with half a pound of hartshorn, till it be a jelly; which you may know by cooling a little in a plate, then strain it off, and scum the fat off; beat the whites of twelve eggs, add as much sugar as will sweeten it, the juice of six lemons, some mace, a little orange-flower water, and a pint of white wine; stir this all together over a stove till it boils; it must not be too sweet, not too sharp; strain it through a jelly-bag, and let it run on lemon peel to give it a colour.


To make Apple Jelly.

Pare the softer sort of pleasant tasted apples, slice them very thin, take out the cores and seeds, boil a pound of them in a quart of water till a fourth part be consumed; strain it well, and to every pint and an half put three quarters of a pound of sugar, with a little mace or cinnamon, and boil it up to a thickness, adding a quarter of

a pound