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  • Sugar, and boil it up to a candy-height in some of the juyce, which you passed through the sieve; then put therein your pulp, stirring it well together, till it hath had one boil and no more; Then drop it on glasses, or spread it on plates, and set it to dry.

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634

  • Then take a pound of Sugar, and half a pint of water, boil it to a candy-height, then put in the

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634

  • When it is of a candy-height, put the pulp of Quince to it, and let it remain a little while upon the fire, till it boil up one little puff or bubbling, and that it is uniformly mixed with the Sugar; you must stir it well all the while.

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634

  • Take the weight of the juice in fine sugar; boil the sugar candy-height, and put in your juice, and let it scald awhile, but not boil; and if any froth arise, scum it off, and when you take it up, have ready a white preserved quince cut in small slices, and lay them in the bottom of your glasses, and pour your jelly to them, it will candy on the top and keep moist on the bottom a long time.

    Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006

  • Take some sugar and clarify it till it comes to a candy-height, and keep it still boiling ‘till it becomes thick, then stir it with a stick from you, and when it is at candy-height it will fly from your stick like flakes of snow, or feathers flying in the air, and till it comes to that height it will not fly, then you may use it as you please.

    English Housewifery 2004

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