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Rh be taken to have them extremely smooth in the inside, lest by their roughness they mark the fruit; as also that they are made of exact shape to what they represent, for a defect in either will give deformity to the artificial fruit; then take two cow heels and a calf's foot, and boil them in a gallon of soft water to rags; when you have a full quart of jelly, strain it through a sieve, put it in a saucepan, sweeten it, put in some lemon peel, with perfume, and colour it to the fruit you intend to imitate; stir all together, give it a boil, and fill your tins; put in your stones and the stalks just as the fruit grows; when the jelly is quite cold, open your tins for the bloom, and carefully dust powder blue.

Take the shapes of a half moon and five or seven stars; wet them, and fill them with flummery; let them stand till they are cold, then turn them into a deep china dish, and pour lemon cream round them, made thus: take a pint of spring water, put it to the juice of three lemons, and the yellow rind of one lemon, the whites of five eggs, well beaten, and four ounces of loaf sugar; then set it over a slow fire, and stir one way till it looks white and thick; if you let it boil it will curdle; then strain it through a hair sieve, and let it stand till it is cold; beat the yolks of five eggs, mix them with your whites, set them over the fire, and keep stirring it till it is almost ready to boil, then pour it into a bason; when it is cold, pour it among the moon and stars; garnish with flowers. It is a proper dish