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.
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Put the plums (allowing two or three for each person) in a stewpan with cold water and a pinch of salt ;
bring to the boil, take them up, rinse them in two or three waters, replace them in the pan with sufficient clear soup to cover them, and let them boil in it for half an hour, then use as described above.