American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Strawberry Conserve

Original Recipe

Prepare the fruit as for preserving, allowing half a pound of loaf sugar to one pound of fruit. Sprinkle the sugar over the fruit at night; in the morning, put it on the fire in a kettle and boil until the berries are clear. Spread on dishes and put in the sun until dry; after which roll the fruit in sugar and pack in jars.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound of loaf sugar to one pound of fruit
  • 1 kettle and boil until the berries are clear

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Prepare the fruit as for preserving, allowing half a pound of loaf sugar to one pound of fruit.

  2. 2

    Sprinkle the sugar over the fruit at night; in the morning, put it on the fire in a kettle and boil until the berries are clear.

  3. 3

    Spread on dishes and put in the sun until dry; after which roll the fruit in sugar and pack in jars.

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