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Pear Butter

From The new Kentucky home cook book, 1884

Serves 10

Will keep for a year or two.

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Kentucky home cook book (1884) by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South., page 106. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PEAR BUTTER. Take sweet cider just from the press; boil until reduced to one-third its original quantity. Have ready some ripe pears that have been peeled, cored, and sliced. Put them in the cider and boil until soft ; mash to a pulp ; season with nutmeg, cloves, mace, and cinnamon

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