To Preserve Citron

Ingredients

• slices about an inch and a half thick
• a pound of white sugar
• a pint of water
• two lemons, sliced thin
• two ounces of root ginger

Method

1. 1

   Pare the citrons and cut them into slices about an inch and a half thick, then into strips the same thickness.

2. 2

   Take out all the seeds.

3. 3

   Weigh the citron and to each pound, add a pound of sugar.

4. 4

   Make a syrup with a pint of water and simmer gently for twenty minutes.

5. 5

   Add the citron and boil for one hour or until tender.

6. 6

   Before removing from heat, add the sliced lemons and ginger, and do not stir while boiling.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mother's Cook Book: Containing Recipes for Every Day in the Week, Including .. (1902) by Marion Harland, page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO PRESERVE CITRON. Para the citrons and out them into slices about an inch and a half thick, then into strips the same thickness, leaving them the full length of the fruit; take out all the seeds with a small knife, then weigh, and to each pound of citron put a pound of white sugar, make a syrup; to ten pounds put a pint of water, and simmer gently for twenty minutes; then pat in the citron stud boil for one hour, or until tender; before taking off the fire put in two lemons, sliced thin, Seeds taken out, and two ounces of root ginger

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