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Compote of Oranges

Put the thin peel of eight oranges into a saucepan with one pound of sugar and three breakfast cupfuls of water and boil for twenty minutes, skimming frequently as the scum rises. Remove the white pith from the oranges, taking care not to injure the inner skin; pull them into quarters, add them to the syrup and simmer gently for six minutes longer. Take them out with a skimmer, arrange in a heap on a dish, keeping the skin-side downward; boil the syrup until quite thick, and when cold pour it over the oranges, and serve.