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Gooseberries, Green, Compote Of

Top and tail a quart of gooseberries. Put them into boiling water for two minutes, and next into cold water, mixed with a table-spoonful of vinegar, for two minutes, to restore the colour, then drain them. Make a syrup by boiling three-quarters of a pound of loaf sugar in lumps, with one pint of water for ten minutes. Put in the gooseberries. Boil them gently for ten minutes, or until the fruit is tender but unbroken. Turn them out with the syrup, and serve cold. Sufficient for half a dozen persons. Probable cost, 7d.