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Canned Fruit Cooked in the Syrup

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Canned Fruit Cooked in the Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare the fruit by washing, peeling, and coring it.

  2. Drop the fruit into the boiling syrup and cook until tender.

  3. Remove sterilized jars from boiling water after 15 to 30 minutes.

  4. Fill the jars to overflowing with the cooked fruit and syrup.

  5. If there is not enough syrup, add boiling water.

  6. To prevent air bubbles, insert a spoon or fork into the jar.

  7. Wipe the rim of the jar, place the sterilized rubber ring, and screw down tightly.

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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