A VERY NICE PRESERVE OF DAMSONS

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
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The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 45 min Total: 45 min
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Ingredients (1)
Instructions (5)
  1. Put the damsons (which should be picked from the stalks and quite free from blemishes) into a jar, with pounded sugar sprinkled amongst them in the above proportion.
  2. Tie the jar closely down, set it in a saucepan of cold water.
  3. Bring it gradually to boil, and simmer gently until the damsons are soft, without being broken.
  4. Let them stand till cold; then strain the juice from them, boil it up well, strain it through a jelly-bag, and pour it over the fruit.
  5. Let it cool, cover with oiled papers, and the jars with tissue-paper brushed over on both sides with the white of an egg, and store away in a dry cool place.
Original Text
A VERY NICE PRESERVE OF DAMSONS. 1539. INGREDIENTS.—To every quart of damsons allow 1/2 lb. of loaf sugar. Mode.—Put the damsons (which should be picked from the stalks and quite free from blemishes) into a jar, with pounded sugar sprinkled amongst them in the above proportion; tie the jar closely down, set it in a saucepan of cold water; bring it gradually to boil, and simmer gently until the damsons are soft, without being broken. Let them stand till cold; then strain the juice from them, boil it up well, strain it through a jelly-bag, and pour it over the fruit. Let it cool, cover with oiled papers, and the jars with tissue-paper brushed over on both sides with the white of an egg, and store away in a dry cool place. Time.—About 3/4 hour to simmer the fruit after the water boils; 1/4 hour to boil the juice. Seasonable.—Make this in September or October.
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