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
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Pour boiling water on a dozen of large blue plums;
take off skin;
halve them and take out stones.
In small granite stewpan put one-half cup of sugar and as much water;
when this boils put in plums and stew for ten minutes.