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Canned Strawberries

A method for preserving strawberries in sugar and water, canned in jars.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Canned Strawberries

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and hull the strawberries, then place them on a platter.

  2. Sprinkle the strawberries with sugar and let them stand for 1 hour.

Heat and jar

  1. In a kettle, combine the strawberries with the water and heat to boiling.

  2. Fill a 1-quart jar to overflowing with the mixture and screw on the top.

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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What each ingredient does

Strawberries
Make up the main body and flavor of the finished preserve.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and draws out juice during the standing time.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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