To Preserve Cherries Liquid
Take the best Morello Cherries when ripe, either stone them or clip their Stalks; and to every Pound take a Pound of Sugar, and boil it till it blows very strong, then put in the Cherries, and by Degrees, bring them to boil as fast as you can, that the Sugar may come all over them, scum them and set them by; the next Day boil some more Sugar to the same Degree, and put some Jelly of Currants, drawn as hereafter directed; For Example, if you boil one Pound of Sugar, take one Pint of Jelly, put in the Cherries and the Syrup to the Sugar; then add the Jelly, and give all a Boil together; scum them, and fill your Glasses or Pots; take Care as they cool, to disperse them equally, or otherwise they will swim all to the Top.