Damsons

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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.

Weigh out as much sugar as you have fruit;
if it is brown you must clarify it;
put a pint of water to three pounds of sugar, make a syrup, wash the damsons, put them in and let them cook slowly for half an hour;
then take them out on dishes, and let them dry in the sun for two days, taking them in the house at night;
boil the syrup half an hour after the fruit is taken out;
when done in this way they will be whole and clear.
You can make a jam by boiling them slowly for two hours;
or a jelly as currants.