Title: Spiced Sickle Pears
Categories: Canning Penn Fruit
Yield: 5 Pints

7	lb	Sickle pears
6	c	Sugar
2	c	Cider vinegar
1	c	Water
1	tb	Whole cloves
6		Sticks of cinnamon

Peel the whole pears, but do not core or take off stem. Combine the sugar, vinegar, and water to make a syrup. Tiei spices iin a muslin bag to boil in syrup for 30 minutes. Add pears and cook until tender. With a spoon, carefully place pears in jars. Boil syrup rapidly for another half hour. Pour syrup over fruit. Seals jars.

SOURCE: "Edna Eby Heller's Dutch Cookbook", copyright 1960

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