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Stewed Prunes

1 pound of prunes 3 half-pints water Wash the prunes well, and put them in a bowl with three half-pints of cold water, and let them soak for twelve hours. Lift them from the water with a spoon, so as to let all impurities sink to the bottom of the bowl. Put them in a saucepan, and strain the water that the prunes were soaked in over them, being careful to leave all the sediment at the bottom. Now put them where they will simmer slowly, until they are quite tender but unbroken. This will take from two to three hours.