Port Wine Jelly for Invalids
From Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper, 1902
Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
e oz. isinglass dissolved in just enough water to cover it, grated rind of 4 oranges, 4 teaspoonfuls of sugar (grate the rind on the sugar). Mix with isinglass, simmer over a slow fire with the strained orange juice, tumblerfuls ; a little piece of cinnamon and a slice of lemon. When it has boiled up, strain and cool. Port Wine Jelly (for invalids). — I oz. isinglass. 1 oz. gum arabic. 2 ozs. white sugar-candy. I pint of old port wine.
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