pint of pure wine, and one pound of crushed
sugar. Cook them by a gentle heat three hours, or longer, until the
fruit is very soft, then squeeze it first through a cullender and then
through a sieve. If not sufficiently sweet, add powdered sugar to
taste, and put away in jars made air-tight by covering them with a
piece of wet bladder.

2135. Plum, Green-gage, or Apricot Jam

After taking away the stones from the fruit, and cutting out any
blemishes, put them over a slow fire, in a clean stewpan, with half a
pint of water, and when scalded, rub them through a hair sieve. To
every pound of pulp put one pound of sifted loaf sugar, put it into a
preserving pan over a brisk fire, and when it boils skim it well, and
throw in the kernels of the apricots and half an ounce of bitter
almonds, blanched. Then boil it fast for a quarter of an hour longer,
stirring it all the time. Store away in pots in the usual manner.

2136. Almond Flavour.

(ESSENCE OF PEACH KERNELS--QUINTESSENCE OF NOYEAU.)--Dissolve one
ounce of essential oil of bitter almonds in one pint of spirit of
wine. Use it as flavouring for cordials and pastry. _In large
quantities is exceedingly poisonous_. A few drops only should be used
to several pounds of syrups, pastry, &c. This and other flavourings
may be bought in small bottles, ready for use, of grocers or oilmen.

2137. Syrup of Orange or Lemon Peel.

Of fresh outer rind of Seville orange or lemon-peel, three ounces,
apothecaries' weight; boiling water, a pint and a half; infuse the
peel for a night in a close vessel; then strain the liquor; let it
stand to settle; and having poured it off clear from the sediment,
dissolve in it two pounds of double refined loaf sugar, and make it
into a syrup with a gentle heat.

[PRIDE COSTS MORE THAN HUNGER, THIRST, OR COLD.]

2138. Indian Syrup.

(A delicious summer drink.) Five pounds of lump sugar, two ounces of
citric acid, a gallon of boiling water: when cold add half a drachm of
essence of lemon and half a drachm of spirit of wine; stir it well and
bottle it. About two tablespoonfuls to a glass of cold water.

2139. Apples in Syrup for Immediate Use.

Pare and core some hard round apples, throwing them into a basin of
water as each is peeled. Clarify as much loaf sugar as will cover
them; put the apples in water with the juice and rind of a lemon, and