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Green Tomato Preserve

One peck of green tomatoes; six pounds of sugar; six lemons; one tablespoon of ginger; onehalf pint of water. Wash the tomatoes, remove any dark crust about the stems and weigh them. Cover them with boiling water, let them stand five minutes, then drain them and cut them into slices-slicing them into the preserving-kettle, placing in a layer of the vegetable, then a layer of the sliced lemon, then the sugar with the ginger sprinkled over. Add the water, cover the kettle and cook very slowly one hour and a half. Skim off whatever scum rises in boiling. When boiling this length of time remove the kettle from the fire and set aside to cool. When perfectly cool, return it to the fire and simmer gently for another hour. Put up in jars, and set in a cool place.