FRUIT JELLIES.

Crab-apple, quince, grapes, &c., are all made in the same way.  Allow a teacup of water to a pound of fruit; boil till very tender; then strain through a cloth, and treat as currant jelly.  Cherries will not jelly without gelatine, and grapes are sometimes troublesome.  Where gelatine is needed, allow a package to two quarts of juice.

CANDIED FRUITS.

Make a sirup as for preserves, and boil any fruit, prepared as directed, until tender.  Let them stand two days in the sirup.  Take out; drain carefully; lay them on plates; sift sugar over them, and dry either in the sun or in a moderately warm oven.

PICKLES AND CATCHUPS.

Sour pickles are first prepared by soaking in a brine made of one pint of coarse salt to six quarts of water.  Boil this, and pour it scalding hot over the pickle, cucumbers, green tomatoes, &c.  Cucumbers may lie in this a week, or a month even, but must be soaked in cold water two days before using them.  Other pickles lie only a month.

Sweet pickles are made from any fruit used in preserving, allowing three, or sometimes four, pounds of sugar to a quart of best cider vinegar, and boiling both together.

CUCUMBER PICKLES.

Half a bushel of cucumbers, small, and as nearly as possible the same size.  Make a brine as directed, and pour over them.  Next morning prepare a pickle as follows:  Two gallons of cider vinegar; one quart of brown sugar.  Boil, and skim carefully, and add to it half a pint of white mustard seed; one ounce of stick-cinnamon broken fine; one ounce of alum; half an ounce each of whole cloves and black pepper-corns.  Boil five minutes, and pour over the cucumbers.  They can be used in a week.  In a month scald the vinegar once more, and pour over them.

TOMATO CHUTNEY.

One peck of green tomatoes; six large green peppers; six onions; one cup of salt.  Chop onions and peppers fine, slice the tomatoes about quarter of an inch thick, and sprinkle the salt over all.  In the morning drain off all the salt and water, and put the tomatoes in a porcelain-lined kettle.  Mix together thoroughly two pounds of brown sugar; quarter of a pound of mustard-seed; one ounce each of powdered cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and black pepper; half an ounce of allspice; quarter of an ounce each of cayenne pepper and ground mustard.  Stir all into the tomatoes; cover with cider vinegar,—­about two quarts,—­and boil slowly for two hours.  Very nice, but very hot.  If wanted less so, omit the cayenne and ground mustard.

RIPE CUCUMBER OR MELON-RIND PICKLES.

Pare, seed, and cut lengthwise into four pieces, or in thick slices.  Boil an ounce of alum in one gallon of water, and pour over them, letting them stand at least half a day on the back of the stove.  Take them out, and let them lie in cold water until cold.  Have ready a quart of vinegar, three pounds of brown sugar, and an ounce of stick-cinnamon and half an ounce cloves.  Boil the vinegar and sugar, and skim; add the spices and the melon rind or cucumber, and boil for half an hour.