Sir Hugh Plat’s 1636 Recipe for ‘Preserving the Dry Pulp of Cherries’
This C17th method for making cherry, prune or damson leather offers a useful means of preserving your glut of orchard fruits.
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Sir Hugh Plat’s 1636 Recipe for ‘Marmelade of Quinces or Damsons’
This C17th recipe is for two types of marmelade – white or ordinary – depending on when you add the sugar to the fruit.