To Keep Gooseberries

Ingredients

• Gooseberries
• Roach alum
• Boiling water

Directions

1. Gather gooseberries before they become too large, taking care not to cut them.

2. Fill bottles with the gooseberries and loosely cork them.

3. Submerge the bottles in boiling water until the fruit looks scalded.

4. Remove the bottles and let them cool completely before corking tightly and sealing the tops.

5. Dig a trench in a less-used part of the garden deep enough to bury the bottles by 18 inches.

6. Cover the bottles with soil and add fresh stable litter during frost to prevent hardening.

7. Alternatively, dissolve roach alum in boiling water until it feels slightly rough, then scald the gooseberries in a sieve.

8. Once scalded, place them on a cloth to cool, and repeat until all are done.

9. Pick out any bad or broken gooseberries the next day, then fill the bottles with the alum water used for scalding.