The queen-like closet; or, Rich cabinet stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying & cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex. By Hannah Wolley.
Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670., Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670. Second part of the queen-like closet.
CCXXIII. To preserve Figs and dry them.
To every pound of your large ripe En∣glish Figs, take a pound of Sugar, and one Pint of Water, boil your Sugar and Water, and scum it, then put in your Figs and boil them very well till they are tender & clear; boil them very fast, when they have been in the Syrup a week, boil some sugar to a Can∣dy height, and put in the Figs, and when Page 140 you perceive they are enough, lay them out to dry.
