Green Gooseberry Jelly

Ingredients

• yeast, 1 gill
• mix with an equal weight of sugar
• a little salt
• a little water

Method

1. 1

   Place the berries in hot water on a slow fire till they rise to the surface; take off; cool with a little water, add also a little vinegar and salt to green them.

2. 2

   In two hours drain, and put them into cold water a minute; drain, and mix with an equal weight of sugar; boil slowly for 20 minutes; sieve, and put into glasses.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 249. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GREEN GOOSEBERRY JELLY. — Place the berries in hot water on a slow fire till they rise to the surface ; take off ; cool with a little water, add also a little vinegar and salt to green them. In two hours drain, and put them into cold water a minute ; drain, and mix with an equal weight of sugar ; boil slowly 20 minutes ; sieve, and put into glasses. GREEN OINTMENT.— One ounce each chickweed, tansy, worm- wood, horehound, hops, and a pinch of salt, finely powdered. Bruise, put into a kettle, cover over with lard and some spirits of wine. Infuse a week or two, and then simmer a little over the fire. Add from 8 to 12 ozs. of Venice tur- pentine.— This salve is very healing, applied to wounds, sores, and ulcers. It is useful in contusions, sprains, swellings, &c. GRETNA BUNS.— Flour, 1 lb. ; yeast, 1 gill

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