Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

14 lb Pear
1 qt Cider vinegar
6 lb Sugar
1 ts Cloves, whole
1 ts Cinnamon, stick

Any good preserving pear may be used. Slice and remove core or pickle
whole; the latter method is preferred when Sickel pears are used. Peel
pears. Put spices in a small cheese cloth bag and add to the vinegar
and sugar and bring to a boil. Add pears and cook until tender. The
pears will look clear when tender. Remove them with a spoon and place
them in sterilized jars. Boil the syrup until it becomes thick, the
pour it over pears and seal. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book -
Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.

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