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Mary Smith, on Drying ‘Green Gage Plumbs’

This eighteenth century method for drying greengages calls for candying your plum(b)s in syrup before setting them to dry.

Published September 29, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, drying, greengage, Mary Smith, plum, preserved fruit, sugar syrup
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