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Canned Plums

A preserved fruit product made by cooking damsons with sugar and canning.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Canned Plums

six quart cans

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and prepare the damsons.

  2. In a large pot, combine damsons and sugar.

  3. Cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and the mixture thickens.

Can and process

  1. Fill six quart cans with the mixture, leaving some space at the top.

  2. Seal the cans and process them in a boiling water bath for preservation.

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

Damsons
Provide the fruit, pectin and tartness that give the preserve its body and flavor.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit, thickens the mixture as it cooks and helps preserve it.

“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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