Quince Preserves

Ingredients

• every pound of fruit
• equal quantity of sugar
• two fresh lemons

Method

1. 1

   Pare, core, and quarter quinces.

2. 2

   Boil with sugar until tender and color changes, adding lemon slices at the end.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from How we cook in Tennessee .. (1906) by Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society., page 148. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

every pound of fruit one pound sugar, and to every four pounds fruit, one pint water ; start the damsons and water, and let them boil one-half hour before putting in the sugar. Cook till moderately thick. Orange Marmalade. — One dozen oranges cut in thin slices, rejecting the pips; put into an earthen jar with ten pints of cold water, and let stand twenty-four hours. Then boil stead- ily for two hours; add twelve pounds loaf sugar, and boil three-quarters of an hour longer; cut three or four lemons in thin slices and put in just before removing kettle from the fire. Stir while cooling, as it helps to mix well. Tart oranges are best.— Mrs. J. E. Ryley. Peach Chips. — Take ripe peaches; peel, and cut from the seed. Make a thin syrup ; boil the peaches in this until they look clear ; then lay them on a sieve to drain ; roll in dry brown sugar, and expose to the sun in dishes; change to dry dishes, and dip in sugar again until entirely dried and crystallized. 258 HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. The syrup may be kept and used for more peaches. — Mrs. H. R. Lancaster. Quince Preserves. — Pare, core, quarter and weigh fruit ; al- low equal quantity of sugar. Take paring and cores, put in kettle with water to cover them, boil half hour. Strain through a sieve, return to kettle and boil quinces till they are tender; lift out as they are done with a drainer, and lay on a dish. If the liquid seems scarce add more water. Put the sugar in and boil ten minutes before putting in quinces. Let them boil till they change color, say an hour and a quarter, but do not stir them. Have two fresh lemons

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.