Preserved Cherries

Ingredients

• 4 pounds of cherries
• 3 pounds of granulated sugar
• 1 pint of white currant juice

Method

1. 1

   Make syrup with sugar and currant juice; boil for 15 minutes with cherries.

2. 2

   Skim and pour into a bowl until next day, then drain cherries.

3. 3

   Return syrup and currant juice to kettle.

4. 4

   When thick, add cherries, boil for 5 minutes.

5. 5

   Remove from fire, skim well, put in jars and seal.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 195. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Preserved Cherries. Four pounds of cherries (remove the pit), 3 pounds of granu- lated sugar, 1 pint of white currant juice. Make syrup of this ; boil 15 minutes with cherries in it. Skim and pour them in a bowl until next day, then drain cherries on a sieve. Return the syrup and cur- rant juice to kettle. When tolerably thick add cherries, let boil 5 minutes. Remove from fire, skim well, put in jars and fasten se- curely. To Conserve Fruits. One and one-quarter pounds of granulated sugar, 2-3 pint of water. Boil water and sugar together until at a degree of thickness KENTUCKY RECEIPT BOOK. 323 known as the ball. Test it by placing some of the syrup on a tea- spoon ; when a little cool, dip the forefinger into the syrup and if a ball can be formed by rolling the syrup between the thumb and fore- finger, it is done. Cook in this syrup any kind of fruit that is to be conserved, heating slowly after the fruit is added. Have ready to receive the fruit a flat pan sprinkled thickly with granulated sugar. Put on the fruit and set in the oven or run to dry. It requires about 2 days. When dry make a syrup as before, add the fruit and stir un- til the sugar commences to grain and cling to the .fruit. Set aside the kettle with the fruit and syrup. When cold sift off the sugar, and place fruit in the sun to dry. Dry and put in boxes with waxed paper between each layer. Peaches and cherries make a delicious conserve. Currant Preserves. Three pounds of currants, 3 pounds of granulated sugar

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