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is very good for children that are threatened with the croup; you should have
some by the side of the bed to use at night.
To keep Damsons for Pies.
To every twelve pounds of damsons take seven pounds of brown sugar; put them
together in a stone jar, a layer of fruit and a layer of sugar; tie it up close,
and set it in a heated oven; let it stay till it is cold, and continue to set it
in, after every baking, for several weeks; or you can cook them on the top of a
stove, in a pan of hot water.
Dried Cherries.
Dried cherries should be kept in a jar, with sugar sprinkled among them; they
are very useful in sickness;
a tea-cupful of cherries, with a quart of boiling water poured on them, and left
to draw for half an hour, with sweetening, makes a very agreeable drink when you
cannot get lemonade.
When stewed for pies you should allow them plenty of water, and not put in the
sugar till they are nearly done.
Boiling water poured on dried apples also makes a good drink in sickness.
Apple Butter,
With Remarks on the Use of Earthen Vessels.
Have your kettle well cleaned, and fill it early in the morning with cider made
of sound apples, and just from the press; let it boil half away, which may be
done by three o'clock in the afternoon; have pared and cut enough good apples to
fill the kettle; put them in a clean tub, and pour the boiling cider over; then
scour
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