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BERRY SYRUP

2-1/2 quarts strawberries, blackberries, boysenberries, etc.
1-1/2 cups water
2-inch strip of lemon peel
1-1/2 cups water
1-1/2 cups sugar
3-1/2 cups corn syrup
2 Tablespoons lemon juice

Clean berries, remove hulls. Crush berries. Add 1-1/2 cups water
and lemon rind. Simmer 5 minutes. Drain through several layers of
damp cheesecloth or jelly bag to extract juice and pulp. Mix sugar
and water. Boil to 260F degrees. Add berry juice and corn syrup to
sugar syrup. Boil 4 minutes. Add lemon juice. Poor hot into hot
jars leaving 1/4- inch head space. Adjust caps. Process 10 minutes
in boiling water bath. Makes about 3 pints.

Printable version: berry-syrup05.txt.