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Magnum Bonum, or Other Large Plums, Compote Of

Take off the stalks, and wipe the fruit. Simmer a pound of the plums in a syrup, made with six ounces of sugar dissolved in half a pint of water, and according to the variety and acidity of fruit, add more sugar if required. Stew very gently for twenty minutes. Time, ten minutes to boil the syrup.