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Apricot and Pineapple Marmalade

A historical recipe from Stevenson Memorial Cook Book, by Hurlbut, William D., Mrs. (1919).

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A historical recipe

Stevenson Memorial Cook Book, by Hurlbut, William D., Mrs. (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #31102.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: preserving or pickling. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. one and one-half pounds apricots
  2. two pounds sugar
  3. one-half pint water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. One large, or two small, pineapples, put through meat chopper with large knife;
  2. one and one-half pounds apricots;
  3. weighed after they are peeled and pitted;
  4. two pounds sugar;
  5. one-half pint water.
  6. Boil slowly for an hour.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Vegetable peeler
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Stevenson Memorial Cook Book, by Hurlbut, William D., Mrs. (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #31102 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31102). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.