Plums for Common Use
Instructions
Take fine ripe plums, and cut them in half. Extract all the stones, and spread out the plums on large dishes. Set the dishes on the sunny roof of a porch or shed, and let the plums have the full benefit of the sun for three or four days, taking them in, as soon as it is off, or if the sky becomes cloudy. This will half dry them. Then pack them closely in stone jars with a thick layer of the best brown sugar between every layer of plums; putting plenty of sugar at the bottom and top of the jars. Cover them closely, and set them away in a dry place.
If they have been properly managed, they will keep a year; and are very good for pies and other purposes, in the winter and spring.
Peaches may be prepared for keeping in the same manner.
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Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840).
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