To Clean Currants, Malaga and Smyrna Raisins

Lay the currants on a table mixing in with them some flour, rub well together, then shake them through a coarse sieve, having eight meshes so that the small currant stalks pass through; wash well and dry them, then pick them over to free them of all the gravel stones which are generally to be found in these fruits, as well as the large stalks adhering to them.

Smyrna (Sultana) raisins are cleaned the same as currants; abstain from washing them. Seed Malaga raisins and pick off the stalks.