Canned Plums
From The new practical housekeeping, 1890
Serves 3
Pricking plums with a fork before placing in syrup helps prevent bursting.
Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Canned Plums, — Wash and put whole into a syrup made in the proportion of a pint water and a pound sugar to every two pounds fruit
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