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Pumpkin Preserves

4 lb Pumpkin (prepared)

3 Lemons

4 lb Sugar

1/2 ts Salt

1 tb Mixed spices *

Wash pumpkin.
Remove peel and seed.
Cut pumpkin as wanted.
Weigh and mix with sugar.
let stand 12 to 18 hours in a cool place.
Add thinly sliced lemons, salt and mixed spices (tied in bag).
Boil until pumpkin is clear and sirup thick.
Pour, boiling hot, into hot Ball jars; seal at once.
NOTE: Use ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, etc to flavor this your way.
From the; Ball Blue Book - Home canning and freezing recipes and methods Published in 1956 by Ball Brothers Co. INC.
Muncie, Indiana


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