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Stewed Fruits

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Stewed Fruits

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sterilize jars and covers by boiling them in water for 10-15 minutes.

  2. Prepare a shallow pan with 2 inches of boiling water.

  3. Fill jars with boiling fruit, packing it tightly with a spoon.

  4. Wipe the rim of the jar, place the cover on, and fasten it.

  5. Set the jar aside in a draft-free area to cool.

  6. Tighten screw covers after the glass has cooled.

  7. Wipe jars with a wet cloth and label them.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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