Stewed Dried Prunes

Ingredients

• a pound of medium-sized prunes
• two more quarts of cold water
• one full teacup of sugar
• one sliced lemon

Method

1. 1

   Wash the prunes in three cold waters and soak in a crock covered with cold water overnight.

2. 2

   In the morning, put them in a preserving kettle with the soaking water, add two quarts of cold water, sugar, and sliced lemon.

3. 3

   Cook slowly for two hours until there is enough juice to cover them.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 192. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED DRIED PRUNES Select a pound of medium-sized prunes. Wash them in three cold waters. Put them in a crock and cover with cold STEWED FRUITS 351 water overnight. In the morning put them in a preserving kettle with the water they were soaked in. Add two more quarts of cold water, one full teacup of sugar, one sliced lemon

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