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Have the skins and water cooking in a 
larger vessel. When pulp is soft strain 
from seeds and add to the sugar and 
skins. Boil all together twenty minutes 
and put in well sterilized jars, and seal 
at once. 
Marmalade — 
1 peck of scuppernongs 
2 quarts of sugar 
Press the seeds from the skins and 
proceed as above. Put the skins 
through a coarse food chopper. Add 
this to the strained pulp and add the 
sugar. Boil all together for thirty 
minutes. Put in well sterilized jars and 
seal at once. 
Jelly — 
1 peck scuppernongs, 
2 quarts of water. 
Place in a large vessel and let it 
come to a boil. Boil twenty minutes. 
Strain the juice from the pulp and for 
every three cups of juice use two cups 
of sugar. Boil the juice ten minutes 
and then add the sugar. Continue to 
boil until it jellies when dropped from 
a spoon. 
Miscellaneous. 
Fruit Soup — 
2 cups orange or pineapple juice, 
2 cups strawberry juice, 
2 tablespoonfuls lemon juice 
2 tablespoonfuls sugar 
2 tablespoonfuls sago 
Cook the sago and strawberry juice 
in a double boiler until the sago is 
transparent. Add the sugar, pineapple 
and lemon juice. Chill and serve in 
sherbet cups with bits of chipped ice. 
This soup may be served hot if de¬ 
sired, in which case one-half a cup of 
water should be added. 
Fruit Nectar — 
Juice of three oranges, 
i l / 2 cups strawberry or pineapple 
juice, 
3 cups of water, 
i cup of sugar. 
Strain the fruit juices. Add the 
sugar and water. Chill and serve. 
Strawberry Nectar — 
1 quart fresh berries, 
2 cups water. 
Wash and hull the berries and cook 
until soft. Strain and add the follow¬ 
ing: 
Juice of 2 lemons, 
4 cups of water, 
1-3 cup sugar. 
Mix well. Chill and serve. 
Confections. 
By testing the temperature of the 
boiling liquid with a chemist's ther¬ 
mometer, one can tell accurately what 
the resulting product will give. 
Boiled Sugar for Confections — 
Small thread.215 degrees F. 
Large thread .217 degrees F. 
Large pearl .222 degrees F. 
Pearl thread.220 degrees F. 
The blow .230 degrees F. 
The feather.232 degrees F. 
Soft ball.238 degrees F. 
Hard ball.248 degrees F. 
