Sirope [syrup] of oranges or Lemons

Item

Title
Sirope [syrup] of oranges or Lemons
Date
en 1694/1795
Description
A method for making syrup by dissolving sugar in orange or lemon juice and boiling with water.
Transcript
R Take oranges & Cut them in two Crush oute the Juse till it will come Cleare put to Every pinte of Juse 2 pounds of Duble Refined Suger finely Beaten & stir in to gether Let it stand 24 houres til the Suger be Clearly Desolved & be often stiring as it disolves to quicken the disolving & as it desolves keep scuming it Clear then Let youre pot of juse in a Ketele of water Close Covered & theare let it stand till the water boyle so let it boyle an houre & take it oute of the water & scim it let it stand till it be Coule then botele it up for youre use
Contributor
Caylor, Karmen
Le, Vincent
en Grimm, Stephanie
en Bakir, Mehtap
Source
Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
Rights
Public domain. There are no known restrictions.