Preserve Pears

Ingredients

• 1 pound of granulated sugar
• 1 pound of pears
• 1 pint of cold water
• 2 lemons
• 2 ounces of green ginger root

Method

1. 1

   Use acid pears.

2. 2

   Peel and preserve whole if small, cut in half if large.

3. 3

   Drop in cold water.

4. 4

   Allow 1 pound of sugar to each pound of pears.

5. 5

   Boil gently until tender, then add sugar.

6. 6

   For every 5 pounds of sugar, add lemon rind and juice and ginger.

7. 7

   Boil syrup, skim well.

8. 8

   When pears are boiled, put in syrup and boil until clear.

9. 9

   Cool and seal in jars.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 194. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Preserve Pears. Take acid pears for preserving. If fruit is small, peel and pre- serve whole, if large cut in half ; peel with a silver knife and drop in cold water as fast as peeled. When prepared, allow 1 pound of granulated sugar to each pound of pears. Put fruit in procelain kettle with just enough water to cover it, and boil gently, till ten- der, to a slight pressure of the fingers, then put in the sugar. To each pound allow 1 pint of cold water, and to every 5 pounds of sugar add the thinly pared yellow rind and juice of 2 lemons and 2 ounces of green ginger root

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