Ingredients
- four pounds of damsons
- a pound of sugar
- a pint of water
Directions
1
Take four pounds of damsons, and put them into a syrop made with a pound of sugar and a pint of water ; let them stand in the hot syrup on a gentle fire for half an hour, then put them into a pan, coTer them, and let them stand till next day ; drain off the syrop and boQ it, then pour it OTer the damsons : do this fi>r three days, then drain them, and lay them in an earthen dish, and put them into a cool oven for some hours; then turn them, and put them in the sun, or a cool oven, or before a fire, till diy ; then pack them in boxes for use, with paper between each layer.
By Frances Crawford ·
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