To bottle Damsons

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
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Ingredients (1)
Instructions (7)
  1. Fill your bottles with the prepared damsons.
  2. Ensure the bottles are very clean and dry.
  3. Lightly insert corks into the bottles to prevent steam escape during simmering.
  4. Set the bottles up to their necks in cold water.
  5. Simmer for a quarter of an hour, ensuring the water does not boil, as this will crack the fruit.
  6. Remove the bottles from the water and let them stand all night.
  7. The next day, cork the bottles tightly, rosin the corks, and store them in a dry place.
Original Text
To bottle Damsons. Take ripe fruit; wipe them dry, and pick off the stalks; fill your bottles with them. The bottles must be very clean and dry. Put the corks lightly into them, to keep out the steam when simmering: then set them up to the necks in cold water, and let them simmer a quarter of an hour, but not boil, or the fruit will crack. Take them out, and let them stand all night. Next day, cork them tight, rosin the corks, and keep them in a dry place.
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