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Bottled Plums

Select the required quantity of plums, prick them all over and drop them into a preserving-pan with some syrup of thirty-two degrees just removed from the fire; when the plums are all in, put the pan on a hot screen or over a charcoal fire, until the syrup has become quite hot, then take out the plums carefully, put them in a basin, and let them remain there for twenty-four hours or so; then put them into wide-mouthed bottles and boil up the syrup again, skim it thoroughly and when it has become nearly cold, pour it into the bottles over the plums; cork the bottles, tie down well, and place them in a saucepan with water to the beginning of the necks of the bottles, boil for quarter of an hour, and when cold, they are ready for use.