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Recipe for Blamange,To pickle Red Cabbage, and a very good pudding to boil.

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5 gallons of Juice put one Quart of the
best Brandy-
NB the Gooseberries must be fully grown
but no near ripe-

Blamange
1 ounce of Isinglass to a pint of New
milk, a stick of cinnamon, boile’d till the
Isinglass dissolves, a handful of sweet all-
-monds, with 4 or 5 bitter beat to a paste-
a pint of cream- let it come off boiling
strain it, pour it in shapes-

To pickle red Cabbage
Cut off the outside leaves & then cut the
cabbage in half or in whole slices about
half an inch thick, sprinkle it with salt
and press it between 2 boards for a Night
then put it in a jar with pepper &
[Vinegar]Cloves & fill it up with Cold vinegar-

A very good Pudding to boil
Take the inside of two halfpenny rolls
grated- ½ pound lb of Currants 6 ounces Oz of Sugar
½ pound lb of Suet half a Nutmeg a Spoonful
of Sack & 4 eggs-

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Charlotte Starkie

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Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

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5 galls of Juice put one Quart of the best Brandy-
NB the Gooseberries must be fully grown but no near ripe-

Blamange1 ounce of Isinglass to a pint of New milk, a stick of cinnamon, boile[e]’d till the Isinglass dissolves, a handful of sweet allmonds, with 4 or 5 bitter beat to a paste- a pint of cream- let it come off boiling, strain it, pour it in shapes

To pickle red CabbageCut off the outside leaves & then cut the cabbage in half or in whole slices about half an inch thick, sprinkle it with salt and press it between 2 boards for a Night then put it in a jar with pepper & Vinegar cloves & fill it up with Cold vinegar -

A very good Pudding to boilTake the inside of two halfpenny rolls grated- ½ lb of currants 6 Oz of sugar ½ lb of Suet half a Nutmeg a Spoonful of Sack & 4 eggs-

The closest thing to Sack is Sherry but there is actually no direct comparison. It was matured in oak barrels and was a low quality, sweet, high alcohol drink that used to be popular. Possibly the drawback could be that the sweetness was perhaps derived from “Sugar of Lead” that has been mentioned elsewhere.

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