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Greengages, To Bottle

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 3

If leakage occurs, use fruit immediately. Otherwise, it keeps for years.

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 651. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Greengages, To Bottle. — Clioose per- fectly sound greengages, gathered on a dry day, before they are fully ripe. Put them into wide- mouthed bottles, and fill these ^vith syrup, made by boiling a pint of water with a pound of sugar

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