Baked Pears.
9 pears.
1 gill of sugar.
1 pint of water.
Wash the pears and put them, with the water and sugar, in a deep earthen dish. Cover the dish and bake the pears in a slow oven for three hours.
Stewed Prunes.
Put the prunes in a bowl of cold water. Wash them one by one by rubbing them between the hands, and drop them into a bowl of cold water. Wash them in this second water and put them in a stewpan. To half a pound of prunes add one quart of cold water. Place the stewpan on the range and cook the prunes slowly for two hours or more. When done, they will be plump and tender. Turn them into a bowl and put in a cool place.
Cranberry Sauce.
1 pint of cranberries.
1/2 pint of granulated sugar.