Vegetable Marrow Jam

Ingredients

• 1 pound of marrows
• 1 pound of sugar
• Ginger or lemon may be used to flavour

Method

1. 1

   Peel some marrows and remove the seeds.

2. 2

   Cut them into small pieces.

3. 3

   Boil them with an equal weight of sugar until the marrow is transparent.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for busy lives and small incomes (1890) by Mary Harrison, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pound of sugar to each pound of fruit may be used. Boil the fruit for half an hour alone, before adding the sugar. Stir always with a wooden spoon. Stir strawberries very carefully. Mash down raspberries. All jams are made in the same waj^ so recipes in detail are unnecessary' for ordinary fruits. Blackberry and Apple Jam Blackberries and apples make a nicer jam than blackberries alone. Peel the apples, core and slice them thinly, put them into a jmn with the black- berries and sugar (see preceding directions), and boil until the jam will set. It usually takes about three-quarters of an hour. JAMS 99 Apple Jam This is another cheap and wholesome jam. Prepare the apples as directed in the preceding recipe, and make into jam in the usual manner ; a few cloves are liked by some people. Vegetable Marrow Jam Peel some marrows and remove the seeds. Cut them into small pieces. Boil them with an equal weight of sugar until the marrow is trans- parent. Ginger or lemon may be used to flavour

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