Folio 2. Page 27. Recto
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Title
Folio 2. Page 27. Recto
Subject
Recipe for Black currant Drops
Description
6 sevilles, 2 sweet, 3 lemons, the
rinds to be put into the juice-
1 pound lb loaf sugar, 1 pint spring water.
Let it boil to a syrup, and put it
into a bowl, when cold put the
juice to it- boil 3 ounces oz Isinglass in
1 pint spring water & when it
is melted stir it about till it
is almost cold, then put in your
juice & run it thro’ugh a bag
into your molds.
Black currant Drops
Strip them off the stalks,
scald, them in a jar as red currants.┌ x ┐strain
them through a sieve coarse enough
to let the pulp go through without
the seeds or skins- boil it about
half an hour- to every 8 pound lb of
currants 1 pound lb of loaf sugar pounded
fine- make it scalding hot-
pour into plates and dry in the
sun
┌ x ┐fill the jar with currants- stop
it close- put in No water
& make it boil
rinds to be put into the juice-
1 pound lb loaf sugar, 1 pint spring water.
Let it boil to a syrup, and put it
into a bowl, when cold put the
juice to it- boil 3 ounces oz Isinglass in
1 pint spring water & when it
is melted stir it about till it
is almost cold, then put in your
juice & run it thro’ugh a bag
into your molds.
Black currant Drops
Strip them off the stalks,
scald, them in a jar as red currants.┌ x ┐strain
them through a sieve coarse enough
to let the pulp go through without
the seeds or skins- boil it about
half an hour- to every 8 pound lb of
currants 1 pound lb of loaf sugar pounded
fine- make it scalding hot-
pour into plates and dry in the
sun
┌ x ┐fill the jar with currants- stop
it close- put in No water
& make it boil
Continued from Folio 2. Page 26. Verso.
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Raised (superscript) letters are lowered, contractions are expanded, and added letters italicised retaining the apostrophe. Superscript text marked┌ ┐.
Creator
Charlotte Starkie
Source
Folio 2. Page 26. Verso.
Publisher
Gillespie Family
Date
1782 to 1808
Contributor
Gillespie Family
Rights
Site licence
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Folio 2. Page 26. Verso.
Format
Handwritten text on a page of a paper document
Language
English
Type
Paper documen
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Text
6 sevilles, 2 sweet, 3 lemons, the rind to be put into the juice- 1 lb loaf sugar, 1 pt spring water. Let it boil to a syrup,and put it into a bowl, when cold put the juice to it- boil 3 oz Isinglass- & 1 pt spring water & when it is melted stir it about till it is almost cold, then put in your juice & run it thro’ a bag into your molds.
Black currant Drops Strip them off the stalks, scald them in a jar as red currants. x strain through a sieve coarse enough to let the pulp go through without the seeds or skins- boil it about half an hour- to every 8 lb of currants 1 lb of loaf sugar pounded fine- make it scalding hot- pour into plates and stand in the sun x fill the jar with currants- stop it close- put in No water and make it boil
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Charlotte Starkie, “Folio 2. Page 27. Recto,” The Huntroyd Receipts, accessed October 21, 2026, https://huntroyd.co.uk/items/show/71.
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