Title: How To Make Tomato Figs
Categories: Fruit Preserve
Yield: 1 Servings

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Pour boiling water over the tomatoes in order to remove the skins, then weigh them and place them in a stone jar, with as much sugar as you have tomatoes, and let these stand two days; then pour off the syrup and boil and skim it until no scum rises. Then pour it over the tomatoes and let them stand for two days as before, then boil and skim again. After the third time, they are fit to dry, if the weather is good; if not let them stand in the syrup until drying weather. Then place on large earthen plates or dishes, and put them in the sun to dry, which will take about a week, after which pack them down in small wooden boxes, with fine white sugar between each layer. Tomatoes prepared in this manner will keep for years.

"The Shaker Manifesto" December 1882

Source: "The Shaker Kitchen" by Jeffrey S. Paige, published by Clarkson N. Potter 1994, ISBN 0-517-58838-2

Typed by Manny Rothstein 4/98

From: Manny Rothstein Date: 04-06-98 (17:04) The Once And Future Legend (1) Cooking

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