- Dried apricots, ½ pound (1⅔ cups)
- Cold water, 2 cups
- Raisins, 1 cup
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Whole orange, 1
- Nuts, ½ cup
- Corn syrup (light), 1 cup
Soak apricots over night in cold water. When soaked add raisins, lemon juice, orange sliced very thin, with slices cut in small pieces, and corn syrup. Bring to boiling point and simmer for about one and one-quarter hours. Add nuts 15 minutes before taking from fire.
Fruit and Peanut Butter (for Sandwiches) (11)
- Dates, ¼ cup
- Figs, ¼ cup
- Peanut butter, ½ cup
- Salt, ½ teaspoon
- Lemon juice, 1½ tablespoons
- Raisins, ¼ cup
- Corn syrup (light), 2 tablespoons
Wash figs, raisins, and dates, and put through food chopper. Add salt, peanut butter, lemon juice, and corn syrup, and mix well.
Plum Conserve (without sugar) (11)
- Pitted plums, 1 pound (2 dozen plums)
- Raisins, ⅓ pound
- Cold water, ½ cup
- Walnuts, 1/8 pound (¼ cup)
- Oranges, 2
- Corn syrup, ⅓ cup
Wash and cut plums in pieces: add chopped raisins, orange pulp and peel, cut very fine; corn syrup and water; boil until it is of the consistency of marmalade (about one and one-half hours of slow cooking). Add walnuts five minutes before removing from fire.