Remove stems from currants, mash, cook thirty minutes, and strain in jelly bag. Cook sugar and juice ten minutes, add raspberries, bring to the boiling point, fill jars first with berries, then with juice, and seal.
Apple Marmalade
Apples with considerable flavor are best for marmalade. Wash, core, and cut apples in slices; put in kettle, add enough water to keep apples from burning. Cook slowly until mushy, press through a sieve, add equal amounts of sugar and apples, and flavor with orange or lemon juice. Cook until water is evaporated; fill glasses, and cover.
All fruits may be made into marmalades by following the above directions. If the fruit lacks flavor, lemon juice, lemon rind, or ginger root may be cooked with the fruit.
Orange Marmalade No. 1
- 4 pounds oranges
4 pounds sugar
boiling water
Peel oranges, cut peel in quarters, cover with boiling water, and cook until tender. Drain, scrape to remove white, and cut scraped peel in shreds. Slice oranges, rejecting seeds and stringy portions; add sugar, cook slowly forty minutes; add rind, cook two hours. Pour into jars or glasses. Seal, and keep in cool place.
Orange Marmalade No. 2
- 4 pounds oranges
6 pounds sugar
6 lemons