Blackberries or Raspberries Preserved Whole

Ingredients

• Select fruit that is not too ripe, pick it, weigh, and put into glass jars, filling each one two-thirds full.
• Put in a saucepan 1 lb. of sugar
• and one cupful of water for every 2 lbs. of fruit

Method

1. 1

   Let the sugar and water come slowly to a boil.

2. 2

   Pour this hot syrup into the jars over the berries, filling them to the brim.

3. 3

   Place the jars in a boiler containing cold water, and let the water come to a boil.

4. 4

   When the fruit is scalding hot, take out the jars and cover them air-tight.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 323. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ackberries or Raspberries Pre- served Whole. — Select fruit that is not too ripe, pick it, weigh, and put into glass jars, filling each one two-thirds full. Put in a saucepan i lb. of sugar and one cupful of water for every 2 lbs. of fruit

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