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Robert Kemp Philp
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1654.
Preserving
Potatoes.
The
preservation
of
potatoes
by
dipping
them
in
boiling
water
is
a
valuable
and
useful
discovery.
Large
quantities
may
be
cured
at
once,
by
putting
them
into
a
basket
as
large
as
the
vessel
containing
the
boiling
water
will
admit,
and
then
just
dipping
them
a
minute
or
two,
at
the
utmost.
The
germ,
which
is
so
near
the
skin,
is
thus
destroyed
without
injury
to
the
potato.
In
this
way
several
tons
might
be
cured
in
a
few
hours.
They
should
be
then
dried
in
a
warm
oven,
and
laid
up
in
sacks,
secure
from
the
frost,
in
a
dry
place.
1655.
To
Preserve
Cucumbers.
Take
large
and
fresh-gathered
cucumbers;
split
them
down
and
take
out
all
the
seeds,
lay
them
in
salt
and
water,
sufficiently
strong
to
bear
an
egg,
for
three
days;
set
them
on
a
fire
with
cold
water,
and
a
small
lump
of
alum,
and
boil
them
a
few
minutes,
or
till
tender;
drain
them,
and
pour
on
them
a
thin
syrup:--let
them
lie
two
days;
boil
the
syrup
again,
and
put
it
over
the
cucumbers;
repeat
this
part
of
the
process
a
second
and
a
third
time;
then
have
ready
some
fresh
clarified
sugar,
boiled
to
a
blow
(which
may
be
known
by
dipping
the
skimmer
into
the
sugar,
and
blowing
strongly
through
the
holes
of
it;
if
little
bladders
appear,
it
has
attained
that
degree);
put
in
the
cucumbers,
and
simmer
for
five
minutes;--set
by
till
next
day;--boil
the
syrup
and
cucumbers
again,
and
put
them
in
glasses
for
use.
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