To preserve the large Green Plums

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (3)
syrup
plums
preserving liquid
Instructions (9)
  1. Dip the stalks and leaves in boiling vinegar.
  2. When they are dry have your syrup ready.
  3. Give the plums a scald.
  4. Very carefully with a pin take off the skin.
  5. Boil your sugar to a candy height.
  6. Dip in your plums.
  7. Hang them by the stalk to dry.
  8. They will look finely transparent, and by hanging that way to dry, will have a clear drop at the top.
  9. Take great care to clear your sugar nicely.
Original Text
To preserve the large Green Plums. FIRST dip the stalks and leaves in boiling vinegar, when they are dry have your syrup ready, and first give them a scald, and very carefully with a pin take off the skin; boil your sugar to a candy height, and dip in your plums, hang them by the stalk to dry, and they will look finely transparent, and by hanging that way to dry, will have a clear drop at the top. You must take great care to clear your sugar nicely.
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