Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1870 — Jams and Marmalades. [ARTICLE]

Jams and Marmalades.

Peach Marmalade.—The fruit of this preserve, which is a very delicious one, should be finely flavored, and quite ripe, though perfectly sound. Pare, stone, weigh, and boil it quickly for three-quar-ters of an hour, and do not fail to stir it often during the time; draw it from the fire, and mix with it 10 ounces of well refined sugar, rolled or beaten to powder, for each pound of the peaches; clear it .carefully from scum, ana boil it briskly for five minutes; throw in the juice of one or two good lemons; continue the boiling for three minutes only, and pour out the marmalade. Two minutes after the sugar is stirred to the fruit, add the blanched kernels of part of the peaches. Peaches stoned and psred, four pounds ; three-quarters of an hour. Sugar, two and a half pounds; two minutes. Blanched peach kernels; three minutes. Juice of iwo small lemons; three minutes. Greengage Marmalade.—When the plums are thoroughly ripe take off the skins, weigh, and boil them quickly without sugar for 50 minutes, keeping them well stirred ; then to every four pounds add three of good sugar reduced quite to powder, boil the preserve from five to eight minutes longer, and clear off the scum perfectly before it is poured into jars. When the flesh of the fruit will not separate easily from the stones, weigh and throw the plums whole into the preserv-ing-pan, boil them to a pulp, pass them through a sieve, and deduct the weight of the stones from them when apportioning the sugar to the jam. The Orleans plum may be substituted for greengages in this recipe. Greengages, stoned and skinned, six pounds; 50 minutes. Sugar, four and a half pounds; five to eight minutes. Gooseberry.—Stalk and. crop six pounds of the small, red, rough gooseberry, put them into a preserving-pan, and, as they warm, stir and bruise them to bring out the juice. Let them boil for ten minutes, then, add four pounds of sugar, and place it on the fire again; let it boil, and continue boiling flor two hours longer, stirring all the time to prevent its burning. When it thickens, and will jelly upon a plate, it is done enough. Put it into pots, and allow it to remain a day before it is covered. Blackberry.—ln families where there are many children, there is no preparation of fruit so wholesome, so cheap, and so much admired, as this homely conserve. The fruit should be clean, picked in dry weather, and to every pound of berries put a half pound of coarse brown sugar; boil the whole together for three-quarters of an hour or one hour, stirring it well the whole time. Put it in pots like any other preserve, and it will be found most useful in families; it is medicinal for children. White or Red Currant Jam.—Pick the fruit very nicely, and allow an equal quantity Of finely pounded loaf sugar; put a layer of each alternately into a preserving pan, and boil for 10 minutes ; or they may be boiled the same length oi time in sugar previously clarified and boiled candy high. Black Curbant Jam.—Allow equal weight of dipt currants and of pounded loaf sugar; bruise and mash the fruit in a preserving-pan over the fire; add the sugar; stir it frequently; when it boils, skim, and let it boil for 10 minutes.— Western Rural. The Phrenological Journal and Packard's Monthly for August makes Its appearance somewhat later than aenal, on account of a fire which occurred in the building where it is put in type. Its contents, however, are as interesting and as valuable as ever. We note one or two articles from the long list. “ Madame Demorest,” the well-known modiste, is portrayed and sketched ; “ Sanity vs Insanity,” treats of the conduct of Insane Asylums; “Physical Education,” is learnedly and Instructively discussed; “Persona's and Ma.rlmonials ” receive a severe handling by a well known writer. We commend this August number to the reading community. P.ice •It) cts. $3 a year. Published by S. R. Wells, No. 389 Broadway, New Yorkr Every Saturday.—Chapter seventeen of “The Myrtery of Edwin Drcod” Is given in No. 81 A double-page illustration, in the shape of a supplement, of the late State Ball at Buckingham Palace, six full-page engravings, and a likeness of Alfonso, son of the ex-Queen of Spain, and heir-apparont to tiro crosn, comprise the excellent pictorial display in this number. Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston. 75.10 per annum.