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Recipe to stew a buttock of beef and to preserve oranges.

To preserve Oranges
Take your Oranges, grate off
the bitter rind, then cut each orange
into 4 pieces cut out the white
& pick out the seeds & to every pound lb
of Orange put a pound lb of Sugar &
to each 1 pound lb of Sugar put 1 pint & half of
Water put the Water & Sugar over the
fire and skim it till it is very clear-
then put in the Oranges, boil them as
fast as possible, when clear they are enough -

Stew Beef
To a buttock of Beef weighing 33 pounds lbs put in 2 ounces oz
whole pepper, 20 ounces oz Allspice, ¼ ounces oz of Mace
pound it all together & mix it with as
much Salt as will salt the meat, rub it well
in & let it lay 14 days in the seasoning
turn it every day- bake it in a large
brown dish with flour & water pasteover

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Charlotte Starkie

Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

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To preserve Oranges
Take your Oranges, grate off the bitter rind, then cut each orange into 4 pieces cut out the white & pick out the seeds & to every lb of Orange put a lb of Sugar & to each 1 lb of Sugar put 1 pint & half of Water put the Water & Sugar over the fire and skim it till it is very clear- then put in the Oranges, boil them as fast as possible, when clean they are enough -

Stew Beef
To a buttock of Beef weighing 33 lbs put in 20 oz whole pepper, 20 oz Allspice, ¼ oz of Mace pound it all together & mix it with as much Salt as will salt the meat, rub it well in & let it lay 14 days in the seasoning turn it every day- bake it in a large brown dish with flour & water paste over

Paper document