Preserved Citron

Ingredients

• ten pounds citron
• two quarts boiling water
• half pint lemon juice
• five pounds sugar
• one pint water
• four ounces green ginger

Method

1. 1

   Place the citron with boiling water and lemon juice, boil for ten minutes, then drain.

2. 2

   In a kettle, stir sugar and water until dissolved, boil for five minutes, add citron and ginger, boil for forty-five minutes.

3. 3

   Fill jars with citron and pour hot syrup over to overflowing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Physical culture cook book (1901) by Richardson, Mary Mrs., page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Preserved Citron. — To make four quart jars THE PHYSICAL CULTURE COOK BOOK. 209 full of preserved citron, take ten pounds citron, weighed after it has been peeled and cut into slices, place the citron with two quarts boiling water and half pint lemon juice, over the fire, boil ten minutes, remove and drain on a sieve, then place a preserving kettle with five pounds sugar and one pint' water over the fire, stir until the sugar is dissolved, boil five minutes, add the citron and four ounces green ginger

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