Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1910 — Sweet Pickled Pears. [ARTICLE]

Sweet Pickled Pears.

Ten pounds of good sound pears, not quite ripe. Wipe them apd remove the blossom end. Peel and cook in boiling water until tender. Remove fruit and strain the water. Take 1 quart of this water, add to it 1 quart of vinegar, 5 pounds of sugar and g cup of mixed whole cloves, allspice, mace and stick cinnamon. Put it on to boil for half an hour, then add the pears, and when well scalded remove them and pack in glass jars. Boil sirup down until there is enough to cover the fruit. Pour it over and seal at once. Tie the cinnamon and mace in a muslin bag, but put cloves and allspice in whole.