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Damsons, Preserved

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 2

Complete the preserve quickly.

Presented as published in 1892. 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 Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 462. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Damsons, Preserved. — Gather the damsons while the sun is on them, and when there has been no rain for twenty-four hours at least. They shoiild be quite ripe, whole, and without blemish. To each jar, containing one quart of fruit, allow half a pound of good loaf sugar

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