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CAKE-MAKING, BAKING, ETC. 7
English Currants require picking carefully to free them from gravel, dirt, etc., and several careful washing*, for the want of proper care in curing. They also require drying and flouring, the same as raisins, for the same reason.
Home-dried. Fruit. —Currants, raspberries, blackberries, whortle ("huckle") berries, etc., may be substituted for foreign fruit very satisfactorily ¦when desired, or when they are plenty.
Citron, when used, is to be " shred, " i. e, cut into long narrow strips, or chopped, as preferred. If chopped, however, leave it the size of peas, so that one eating the cake can tell what it is without too close scrutiny.
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