Wash and remove from stems ten pounds of grapes, put over to boil with two quarts of water. Let boil until seeds and pulp separate. Strain through cheese cloth bag, let it drain slowly, do not squeeze. Put juice back in kettle, let come to a boil, and add one and one fourth pounds of sugar; boil two or three minutes. Seal boiling hot. The secret of success in bottling grape juice is to have everything boiling hot, jars, juice, rubbers, and tops. The best way is to have jars in kettle of boiling water right on the stove and tops in boiling water, likewise, and fill right from kettle of boiling juice on the stove. Then if your cans are air-tight the juice will surely keep.
FRUIT JUICES.
The following rules hold good for any kind of fruit: Crush the small fruits raw, strain, add one half pound of sugar to each quart of juice, let boil one minute, and bottle, using same precautions as those specified in receipt for grape juice.
PINEAPPLE FRAPPÉ.
Boil one quart of water, one pint of sugar, and one pint of chopped pineapple for twenty minutes; add one cupful of orange juice and one half cupful of lemon juice. Freeze soft.
ORANGE FRAPPÉ.
Make a syrup by boiling one quart of water and one pint of sugar for twenty minutes; add one pint of orange juice and the juice of two lemons; one cupful of candied cherries should be added just before freezing. Freeze soft.
ENGLISH MARMALADES.
RHUBARB MARMALADE.
Peel and cut into inch pieces tender young rhubarb, to every pint allow one pound of loaf sugar and three oranges. Spread the cut rhubarb on a shallow dish and cover with the sugar; leave it for twelve hours; then put it into the preserving kettle with the grated yellow rind of the oranges (be careful not to use any of the white pulp or it will make the preserve bitter), add the tender, juicy pulp of the oranges and boil slowly for about one hour, or until jam sets when tested on a cold plate.