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The seed grower's cookbook, 1890 — every vegetable Burpee sold, and how Mrs. Rorer would have you cook it.

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Tomato Figs

3 pounds of granulated sugar. 6 pounds of tomatoes, Select tomatoes quite ripe but small and smooth. Scald and remove the skins. Place a layer of tomatoes in a porcelain kettle, strew them thickly with sugar, place them over a very moderate fire, and stew very slowly until the sugar appears to have penetrated the tomatoes. Lift each tomato carefully with a spoon, spread them on dishes and

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