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Preserved Peaches

From The church cook book (1908).

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A historical recipe

The church cook book (1908).

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

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

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 1 pound of sugar

Method

  1. Peal the fruit, and for each pound of fruit allow 1 pound of sugar, put in preserving kettle in alternate layers.
  2. Set on the side of the stove to heat slowly;
  3. when sugar is melted, put over the heat and cook until done, and the sso-up is rich;
  4. watch constantly.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Kettle
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Credit

From The church cook book (1908), printed page 163, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924086710831

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.