[Sca-cooks] Jams and Jellies in period

[Sue Clemenger]

Uhm...I've never been quite sure, are wardens pears or apples?
And is the "romney" a type of wine? The only reference to it that I know 
is the sheep! ;o)
--maire

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

>>From "A Proper Newe Booke of Cokerye" [circa
> 1557-1558]:
> 
> ¶. For to make wardens in Conserue.
> 
> Fyrste make the syrope in this wyse,
> take a quarte of good romney and putte a
> pynte of claryfyed honey, and a pounde or a
> halfe of suger, and myngle all those
> together over the fyre, till tyme they
> seeth, and then set it to cole. And thys
> is a good sirope for manye thinges, and
> wyll be kepte a yere or two. Then take
> thy warden and scrape cleane awaye the
> barke, but pare them not, and seeth
> them in good redde wyne so that they
> be wel soked and tender, that the wyne be
> nere hande soked into them, then take and
> strayne them throughe a cloth or through
> a strayner into a vessell, then put to them
> of this syrope aforesayde tyll it be almost
> fylled, and then caste in the pouders, as
> fyne canel, synamon, pouder of gynger
> and such other, and put it in a boxes and
> kepe it yf thou wylt and make thy
> syrope as thou wylt worke in
> quantyte, as if thou wylt
> worke twenty wardens
> or more or lesse as
> by experience.