Fine Wet and Dry Sweetmeat in the Form of Hops

Cut the green gooseberries in quarters without fully dividing them. Remove all seeds from the gooseberries.

Thread a needle with white thread and knot the end of the thread.

String the gooseberries together to form hops, using about seven or eight gooseberries.

Place the stringed gooseberries in cold water and let them scald for three days until they begin to ferment.

Change the water, add a little sugar to the water, and heat the water without boiling.

Drain the gooseberries.

Place the drained gooseberries in an earthen pan.

Boil thin syrup using the last liquor and loaf sugar, then pour the syrup over the gooseberries.

Repeat boiling the syrup daily and pour the syrup over the gooseberries daily for a week.

Drain the syrup from the gooseberries and dust the gooseberries with sifted sugar.

Place the gooseberries on a wire sieve and put the sieve in a warm place until the gooseberries are completely dry, which will take three to four days.