Damson Plum Sweet Pickle

Ingredients

• 7 lbs, fruit.
• 1 oz. whole cloves.
• 4 lbs. brown sugar.
• 1 pt. best apple vinegar.
• 2 oz. stick cinnamon.

Method

1. 1

   Wash plums and prick with large needle.

2. 2

   Put them in large stone jar.

3. 3

   Boil vinegar, sugar, and spices together, pour over plums.

4. 4

   Cover, repeat the vinegar and pour on fruit four days in succession — on fifth day put plums into glass jars and fill with boiling hot vinegar, seal immediately.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DAMSON PLUM SWEET PICKLE. 7 lbs, fruit. 1 oz. whole cloves. 4 lbs. brown sugar. 1 pt. best apple vinegar. 2 oz. stick cinnamon.

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