To Dry Currants In Bunches Or Loose Sprigs Recipe

When your Currants are ston'd and ty'd up in Bunches, take to a

Pound of Currants a Pound and half of Sugar; to a Pound of Sugar put

half a Pint of Water; boil your Syrup very well, and lay the

Currants into the Syrup; set them on the Fire, let them just boil,

take them off, and cover them close with a Paper; let them stand

'till the next Day, and then make them scalding hot; let them stand

two or three Days with the Paper close to them; then lay them on

earthen Plates, and sift them well with Sugar; put them into a

Stove; the next Day lay them on Sieves, but not turn them 'till that

Side drys, then turn them, and sift the other Side: When they are

dry lay them between Papers.

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