Pickled Peaches or Pears

Ingredients

• One-half cup of vinegar
• one-half pound of sugar
• a little over one pound of the fruit

Method

1. 1

   Place all the sugar and vinegar over the fire till it comes to a boil; add a layer of fruit and cook until soft enough to run a fork through, then remove the fruit and fill the same way until all are done.

2. 2

   The syrup needs no more cooking.

3. 3

   Stick cloves in the fruit before cooking and add cinnamon to syrup if desired.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pickled Peaches or Pears. One-half cup of vinegar and one-half pound of sugar to a little over one pound of the fruit

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