Apricots, Dried and Salted (Mebos)

Ingredients

• soft ripe apricots
• 2 ounces salt
• 1.5 pounds coarse crystallised white sugar
• lime water

Instructions

1. Lay soft ripe apricots in salt water (about two ounces of salt to a quart bottle) for a few hours.
2. Lay them on a mat to dry in the sun.
3. The next day, press them between the hands to flatten and let the stone come out.
4. Repeat the pressing process the next day.
5. Allow them to dry in the sun for three or four days total (or in heated rooms or a cool oven if weather is damp) until they become Mebos.
6. Lay the Mebos in lime water for five minutes until they feel nice and tender.
7. Take them out and wipe dry on a soft cloth.
8. Rub coarse crystallised white sugar well into each Mebos, using one and a half pounds of sugar to one pound of Mebos.
9. Pack them closely with lots of sugar in between in jars that will cork well.