To preserve Peaches

Ingredients

• 6 peaches
• 1/4 pound sugar
• brandy

Instructions

1. Scald the peaches in boiling water without letting them boil.
2. Take them out and put them in cold water, then dry in a sieve.
3. Put them into long, wide-mouthed bottles.
4. Clarify a quarter pound of sugar for every half dozen peaches and pour it over them.
5. Fill the bottles with brandy, stop them close, and keep in a close place.