Plums or Damsons for a Tart or as Stewed Fruit

A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House · Conrad, Jessie · 1923
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A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House
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Instructions (4)
  1. Carefully look over one pound of plums or damsons, removing any unsound ones.
  2. Put them into an earthenware saucepan with a teacupful of cold water.
  3. Add two teacupfuls of sugar to the plums or three teacupfuls to the damsons.
  4. Stew for one hour the damsons, or forty minutes the plums.
Original Text
Plums or Damsons for a Tart or as Stewed Fruit Carefully look over one pound of plums or damsons, removing any unsound ones. Put them into an earthenware saucepan with a teacupful of cold water and two teacupfuls of sugar to the plums or three teacupfuls to the damsons. Stew for one hour the damsons, or forty minutes the plums.
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