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Cherries, Kentish, Compote Of

Put a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar into a saucepan with a breakfast-cupful of water, and boil it for ten minutes. Put in half a pound of Kentish cherries, with about an inch of the stalks left on; let them simmer gently for five minutes. Drain them, and put them into a compote dish with the stalks upwards. Boil the syrup five minutes longer; when it is cool, pour it over the cherries. Time, twenty minutes. Probable cost of cherries, from 3d. to 6d. per pound. Sufficient for a small dish.