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 * MATERIALS

Fruit

Sugar

Water


 * UTENSILS

Vegetable-knife

Colander

Covered saucepan


 * 1) Prepare the fruit by peeling, removing seeds or core, and cutting in small pieces. Berries will need stemming and washing only.
 * 2) Measure the fruit, put it in a saucepan, and add one-third as much water as there is fruit.
 * 3) Set the saucepan over the fire, and cook slowly from ten to twenty minutes, or until the fruit is tender.
 * 4) Add sugar in the proportion of 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of fruit, and continue to cook until the sugar dissolves.
 * 5) Take the saucepan from the fire and let the fruit cool.

The proportion of sugar to fruit above mentioned is approximate only, and really depends upon the relative sweetness or sourness of the particular fruit that is being used. 