144. _To dry Plumbs naturally._

Take of any sort and prick them and put them into the bottom of a Sieve
dusted with Flower to keep them from sticking, let them stand in a warm
Oven all night, the next morning turn them upon a clean Sieve, and so do
every day till you see that they are very dry.


145. _To dry preserved Pears._

Wash them from their Syrup, then take some fine Sugar and boil it to a
Candy height with a little water, then put in your Pears, and shake them
very well up and down, then lay them upon the bottom of a Sieve, and dry
them in a warm Oven and so keep them.


146. _To make little Cakes with Almonds._

Put into a little Rosewater two grains of Ambergreece, then take a pound
of blanched Almonds and beat them with this Rosewater, then take a Pound
of your finest Sugar, beaten and searced, and when your Almonds are well
beaten, mix some of the Sugar with them, then make your Cakes, and lay
them on Wafer sheets; and when they are half baked, take the rest of the
Sugar, being boiled to a Candy height with a little Rosewater, and so
with a Feather wash them over with this, and let them stand a while
longer.


147. _To make very pretty Cakes that will keep a good while._