Canned Cherries

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar for each qt jar of fruit
• qt jar of fruit

Method

1. 1

   Pick cherries over carefully, discarding all wormy and unripe ones.

2. 2

   Put the cherries and sugar in layers in the jars until they are nearly full.

3. 3

   Arrange the jars in a boiler, first placing a layer of straw in the bottom and packing some straw between the jars.

4. 4

   Cover the jars but do not put on the rubbers.

5. 5

   Pour enough water into the boiler to come nearly to the top of the jars but not enough to run into them.

6. 6

   Cover the boiler and let boil until the sugar in the jars is melted and forms a clear syrup.

7. 7

   Fill the jars with boiling hot syrup, put on the rubbers, and seal at once.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 147. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CANNED CHERRIES AND PRESERVES 219 about this, let them stand on their heads over night. Those that show any signs of leaking will have to be opened and the contents heated over again, and put in jars with better fitting covers. Store all canned goods in a cool, dark and dry place. A paper bag slipped over each jar will help ex- clude light. — [A. G., Mass. About Salicylic Acid A number of recipes for canning and preserving, which call for salicylic acid to help the preserving process, were received by the editor of this book, but have been omitted because it was deemed unwise to recommend them, inasmuch as salicylic acid, if used at all, must be used with the greatest caution. Salicylic acid is a drug which should only be pre- scribed by a competent physician fully aware of the condi- tion of his patient. It is dangerous to partake of it fre- quently, however small the quantity may be. What is meat lor one man may be poison for another. Chemical preserva- tives should never be used in putting up articles of food. Our national pure food laws have recently made wise pro- visions in this respect. — [Editor. Canned Cherries Pick cherries over carefully, discarding all wormy and un- ripe ones. Allow 1 cup sugar for each qt jar of fruit

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.