Gooseberries (Bottled)

Ingredients

• the gooseberries
• wide-necked bottles
• a saucepan of cold water
• a bladder

Method

1. 1

   Gather gooseberries before full growth, remove tops and stalks, place in bottles, cork loosely, and set in cold water.

2. 2

   Bring to boil, then simmer until shrunken.

3. 3

   Fill bottles with boiling water to cover fruit, cork tightly, tie bladder over top, and store in a cool, dry place.

4. 4

   When needed, pour away water and add sugar as for fresh fruit.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 88. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GOOSEBERRIES (BOTTLED).— Gather the gooseberries before they have attained their full growth, remove the tops and stalks, and put the fruit into wide-necked bottles, which must be perfectly dry. Cork loosely, set them in a saucepan of cold water, and bring it very gently to the boil. Then draw back the saucepan and let the gooseberries simmer until they assume a shrunken appearance. Take the contents of one of the bottles to fill up the rest, and pour enough boiling water into each bottle to cover the fruit. Cork the bottle close, tie a bladder

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