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Recipe for Pickle for Brawn and Orange (cheesecakes)

Pickle for Brawn
Two Gallons of water, ¼ of a Pint of Oatmeal
a Quart of good bran, boil it gently
one hour strain it off when cold- season
it with 1 pound lb of common salt- put in the Brawn
and steep it with this pickle; new
it once a month -

Orange cheesecakes
Take 5 Seville oranges
pare off the outside rind as thin as
possible then boil the oranges in se-
-parate water till the bitterness is quite
out them, cut them open & take out the
seeds & inside skins & beat them in a
mortar with a bit of butter about the
size of a Wallnut till it comes to a paste
then squeeze in the juice of A
one China Orange & the juice of 4 2
Lemons, put in 3 spoonfuls of white
wine & half a pound of fine loaf
sugar this quantity makes 6- put them
in good puff paste then boil them half
an hour, there must be a little melted
butter in the dish. It is best to boil
the Oranges over night for there is
not time to get out the bitterness
in the Morning- when oranges grow too ripe you must add more lemon -

Charlotte Starkie

Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

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Pickle for BrawnTwo Galls of water, ¼ of a pint of Oatmeal, a Qt of good bran, boil it gently one hour strain it off when cold- season it with 1lb of common salt- put in the brawn and steep it with this pickle; new it once a month -

Orange cheesecakesPare off the outside rind as thin as possible then boil the oranges in separate water till the bitterness is quite out them, cut them open & take out the seeds & inside skins & beat them in a mortar with a bit of butter about the size of a Wallnut till it comes to a paste then squeeze in the juice of one China orange & the juice of 2 lemons, put in 3 spoonfuls of white wine & half a pound of fine loaf sugar this quantity makes 6- put them in good puff paste then boil them half an hour, there must be a little melted butter in the dish. It is best to boil the Oranges over night for there is not time to get out the bitterness in the Morning- when Oranges grow too ripe you must add more lemon -

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