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Blammange
one ounce of Isinglass a pint and a half of new milk a pint of cream 14 Bitter Almonds in a bit of cinammon two desert spoonfulls of Brandy sweeten to your taste, boil it before the cream is put in ten minutes then boil after the cream is add ten minutes more strain it through a thick muslin and stir it [till?] nearly cold dip the mould into cold water before you pour it into the moulds. 
Ginger Bread - Mrs Cuitt
Rub half a pound of Butter into 2 pound of flower, 1 pound of course sugar, and half an oz of ginger mix those with one pound of Treacle, and a little Brandy, add 3 oz of candied orange role it out thin and cut it in squares and bake it on clean tins in a brisk oven till enough
Orange Jelly
one Dz of china oranges 1 oz of Isinglass disolved in a pint of water for one hour the oranges cut in half and the pulp taken out, half a Lemon to be rubbed with a lump of sugar to take the flavor, sweeten to your taste just give it a boil after the juice is added.

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Blammange one ounce of Isinglass a pint and a half of new milk a pint of cream 14 Bitter Almonds in a bit of cinammon two desert spoonfulls of Brandy sweeten to your taste, boil it before the cream is put in ten minutes then boil after the cream is add ten minutes more strain it through a thick muslin and stir it [till?] nearly cold dip the mould into cold water before you pour it into the moulds. Ginger Bread - Mrs Cuitt Rub half a pound of Butter into 2 pound of flower, 1 pound of course sugar, and half an oz of ginger mix those with one pound of Treacle, and a little Brandy, add 3 oz of candied orange role it out thin and cut it in squares and bake it on clean tins in a brisk oven till enough Orange Jelly one Dz of china oranges 1 oz of Isinglass disolved in a pint of water for one hour the oranges cut in half and the pulp taken out, half a Lemon to be rubbed with a lump of sugar to take the flavor, sweeten to your taste just give it a boil after the juice is added.