American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Preserved Strawberries

Original Recipe

For every pound of fruit weigh a pound of refined sugar; put them with the sugar over the fire in a porcelain kettle, bring to a boil slowly about twenty minutes. Take them out carefully with a perforated skimmer and fill your hot jars nearly full; boil the juice a few minutes longer and fill up the jars; seal them hot. Keep in a cool, dry place.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound of refined sugar
  • 1 porcelain kettle
  • 1 boil slowly about twenty minutes
  • 1 few minutes longer and fill up the jars
  • 1 cool

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Instructions

  1. 1

    For every pound of fruit weigh a pound of refined sugar; put them with the sugar over the fire in a porcelain kettle, bring to a boil slowly about twenty minutes.

  2. 2

    Take them out carefully with a perforated skimmer and fill your _hot_ jars nearly full; boil the juice a few minutes longer and fill up the jars; seal them _hot_.

  3. 3

    Keep in a cool, dry place.

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