SWEET CHERRY PICKLE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 235, 2 January 1875, Page 3

SWEET CHERRY PICKLE.

Choose large tart varieties of the fruit. To seven pounds of cherries allow one pint of best vinegar, three pounds of sugar (good brown will do), and a table spoonful of pounded cinnamon or mixed spices. Put all in the kettle together, and scald well without allowing the cherries to burst their skins. Set in a stone jar and cover closely as soon as cool. Next morning pour off the syrup and boil it briskly; pour boiling on the fruit, and repeat this process for four successive mornings. The pickle may be used immediately, or may be relied on for keeping if the frqit were sound.

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