97. Stewed Plums

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 20 min Total: 20 min
Status
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Ingredients (7)
alternative stewing liquid
Instructions (5)
  1. Put twelve French plums in a stewpan, with a spoonful of brown sugar, a gill of water, a little cinnamon, and some thin rind of a lemon.
  2. Let them stew twenty minutes.
  3. Then pour them in a basin until cold.
  4. Take them from their syrup and eat them dry.
  5. They are sometimes stewed in wine and water, either port, sherry, or claret.
Original Text
97. Stewed Plums.—Put twelve French plums in a stewpan, with a spoonful of brown sugar, a gill of water, a little cinnamon, and some thin rind of a lemon; let them stew twenty minutes, then pour them in a basin until cold, take them from their syrup and eat them dry. They are sometimes stewed in wine and water, either port, sherry, or claret.
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