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Pear Preserves

From A bill of fare for every day in the year ..., 1892

These will be very white and delicious if properly prepared.

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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As published

This recipe was extracted from A bill of fare for every day in the year ... (1892) by Beatrice Wilde Bryant, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pear Preserves. — Peel and cut into halves Duchess pears, drop them at once into water. Do not peel many at a time as they get dark if allowed to stand unless you add lemon juice to the water. Make a syrup of one-third of a pound of sugar, the juice of one small lemon and some water

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