Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bag through which jelly is distilled.
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Examples
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As I write this, a great cooked panful of blackberries is also slowly dripping through a jelly-bag in our kitchen, to be turned into glowing bramble-jelly by the end of the day.
Archive 2007-08-01 Joanna Bogle 2007
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Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather, cut at the top into open work, resembling a coronet, while a prolonged bag arose from within it, and fell down on one shoulder like an old-fashioned nightcap, or a jelly-bag, or the head-gear of a modern hussar.
Ivanhoe 2004
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Boil it till it becomes quite thick, then let it drain through a jelly-bag till clear.
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-- Cut off all spots and decayed places on the apples; quarter them, but do not pare or core them; put in the peel of as many lemons as you like, about two to six or eight dozen of the apples; fill the preserving-pan, and cover the fruit with spring water; boil them till they are in pulp, then pour them into a jelly-bag; let them strain all night, do not squeeze them.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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The quince pulp that remains in the jelly-bag can be made into marmalade.
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Take a quart of cream, twelve spoonfuls of rose-water, two grains of musk, two drops of oyl of mace, or two large maces, boil them with half a pound of sugar, and half a pound of the whitest ising-glass; being first steeped and washed clean, then run it through your jelly-bag, into a dish; when it is cold slice it into chequer-work, and serve it on a plate.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Pour the whole through a jelly-bag, and when the juice is quite transparent weigh it; put it into a clean preserving-pan, boil it quickly for ten minutes, then add ten ounces of fine sugar to each pound of juice; boil it from twelve to fifteen minutes, skim it very clean, and pour into molds.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Strain through a jelly-bag till clear, then bottle it.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 Various
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Take the pan from the fire, and pour the contents of the jar into a jelly-bag, pass the juice through a second time; do not squeeze the bag.
A Poetical Cook-Book Maria J. Moss
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Press out the juice and strain through a jelly-bag until quite clear.
Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses Florence Daniel
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