To Preserve Peach-Chips
Pare your Peaches, and take out the Stones, then cut them into very thin Slices, not thicker than the Blade of a Knife; then to every Pound of Chips take one Pound and an Half of Sugar, boiled to blow very strong, then throw in the Chips, and give them a good Boil, then let them settle a little, take off the Scum, and let them stand a Quarter of an Hour, then give them another good Boil, and let them settle as before; then take off the Scum, cover them, and set them by; the next Day drain them, and lay them out Bit by Bit, dust them, and dry them in a warm Stove; when dry on one Side, take them from the Plate with a Knife, and turn them on a Sieve; and then again, if they are not pretty dry, which they generally are.