For preserving Strawberries

Ingredients

• 2 quarts strawberries
• 1/2 pint water
• 2 pound sugar
• 2 pound strawberries

Instructions

1. Squeeze two quarts of strawberries through a cloth for their juice.
2. Add half a pint of water and two pounds of sugar, put into a saucepan, and scald and skim it.
3. Set the saucepan on a chafing dish and add two pounds of stemmed strawberries, stems up, without bruising them.
4. Boil about ten minutes, then take them out gently with a fork into a stone pot.
5. When all are done, turn the hot syrup into the pot.
6. Set in a cool place for use.
7. Currants and cherries may be done the same way, adding a little more sugar.