To Bottle Green Gooseberries

Ingredients

• wide-mouthed bottles
• hairy gooseberries
• cold water
• salad oil

Directions

1. Fill wide-mouthed bottles with hairy gooseberries.

2. Place the bottles in a pot of cold water up to the neck.

3. Boil the water until the fruit begins to shrink or look scalded.

4. Remove the pot from heat and let the bottles sit until the water cools.

5. Take the bottles out and fill them with boiled cold spring water.

6. Add a few drops of salad oil on top of the water to exclude air.