Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1913 — Cherries Preserved With Cloves. [ARTICLE]

Cherries Preserved With Cloves.

Take the weight of the cherries in sugar and to every two pounds of sugar allow one-half pint of water. Make a sirup of this and when clear boil the cherrieß in it about *5 minutes, but not.long enough to lose their shape. They should previously have been stoned. Do not put In but a few at a time. When they are all done let the sirup boil one hour, pour over the cherries while hot and Beal. Now, I am very fond of cherries, but have found them a trifle insipid and to overcome that I Use one-quarter teaspoonful ground cloves to every two pounds of sugar. They are not spiqed, but simply suggestive of the clove.