To Dry Cherries
Stone your Cherries and weigh them, to eight Pounds of Cherries put two Pounds of Sugar, boil it till it blows very strong: put the Cherries to the Sugar, and heat them by Degrees till the Sugar is thoroughly melted, for when the Cherries come in, it will so cool the Sugar that it will seem like Glew, and should you put it on a quick Fire at first, it will endanger the Burning; when you find the Sugar is all melted, then boil them as quick as possible till the Sugar flies all over them, then scum them, and set them by in an earthen Pan; for where the Sugar is so thin, it will be apt to cancker in a Copper or Brass, or stain in a Silver; the next Day drain them, and boil the Sugar till it rises, then put in your Cherries, and give them a Boil, scum them and set them by till the next Day, then drain them and lay them out on Sieves, and dry them in a very hot Stove.