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Pumpkin Preserves

5 lbs pumpkin
8 cups sugar
4 thinly sliced lemons
1 thinly sliced orange
a few grains of salt

Remove peel and cut raw pumpkin into slices 1/4 inch thick and 1
or 2 inches long.  Place in a stone jar or earthenware container
and add sugar.  Let mixture stand overnight.  Drain liquid from
pumpkin and boil liquid until it spins a thread.  Add sliced pumpkin
and remaining ingredients.  Cook until thick and clear.  Pour into
sterilized jars and seal.

Yields: about 8 pints 

Printable version: pumpkin-preserves.txt.