To preserve Damsons

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (9)
  1. Pick off the stalks from the damsons, and prick them with a pin.
  2. Put the prepared damsons into a deep pot with half their weight of pounded loaf sugar.
  3. Set the pot in a moderate oven until the damsons are soft.
  4. Remove the pot from the oven, give the syrup a boil, and pour it upon the damsons.
  5. Repeat the syrup boiling and pouring process two or three times.
  6. Carefully take the damsons out of the pot and place them into jars intended for storage.
  7. Pour rendered mutton suet over the damsons in the jars.
  8. Tie a bladder over the jars.
  9. Keep the preserved damsons in a very cool place for use.
Original Text
To preserve DAMSONS. TAKE the small long damsons, pick off the stalks, and prick them with a pin, then put them into a deep pot, with half their weight of loaf sugar pounded, set them in a moderate oven till they are soft, then take them off, and give them a syrup a boil, and pour it upon them, do so two or three times, then take them carefully out, and put them into the jars you intend to keep them in, and pour over them rendered mutton suet; tie a bladder over them, and keep them for use in a very cool place.
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