Cherries

Original Recipe

The most beautiful cherries to preserve, are the carnation and common light red, with short stems; select the finest that are not too ripe; take an equal weight with the cherries of double refined sugar, make it into a syrup, and preserve them without stoning, and with the stems on; if they be done carefully, and the "Directions for preserving" closely attended to, the stems will not come off, and they will be so transparent that the stones may be seen.

Ingredients

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  • carnation cherries
  • light red cherries with short stems
  • double refined sugar (equal weig)

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Required Gear

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Large pot For making syrup and preserving cherries
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Preserving jars

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Instructions

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    The most beautiful cherries to preserve, are the carnation and common light red, with short stems; select the finest that are not too ripe; take an equal weight with the cherries of double refined sugar, make it into a syrup, and preserve them without stoning, and with the stems on; if they be done carefully, and the "Directions for preserving" closely attended to, the stems will not come off, and they will be so transparent that the stones may be seen.

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Recipe by Mary Randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)