To Keep Gooseberries

Ingredients

• Gooseberries
• Wide-mouthed bottles
• Coarse sea salt (formerly 'bay salt')
• Rocha-alum

Directions

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

2. Fill wide-mouthed bottles with the gooseberries and loosely cork them.

3. Place the bottles upright in a boiler filled with water.

4. When the fruit looks scalded, remove the bottles and let them cool completely.

5. Cork the bottles tightly and seal with rosin.

6. Dig a trench in a less-used part of the garden deep enough to bury the bottles by a foot and a half.

7. Cover the bottles with earth and protect them with fresh stable litter during frost.