Spiced pickled fruit
12/08/2009 10:20:49 am catégorie
Desserts
3 qt Peaches, pears or crabapples
1 pt White vinegar
4 c Sugar
1 pt Water
3 Cinnamon sticks
1 ts Whole cloves
Prepare fruit, and tie spices in a cheesecloth bag.
Combine sugar, vinegar, water and spices. Bring to a boil. Boil ten
minutes and then drop in fruit. Cook until partly tender, but not
soft or easily pierced. Remove fruit from syrup and pack in hot
scalded jars. Remove the spices and pour syrup over fruit to fill
jars to 1/2 inch of the top. Process in a boiling water bath. Yields
6 pints of fruit.
Let age before using.
"The Farmer, 1948"























