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Preserved Plums

Procure some full-grown, quite ripe plums, prick and place them in a saucepan of cold water over the fire; take off immediately when the water is on the point of boiling, drain, put them into clarified sugar, boil thoroughly and allow them to settle and boil once more. If they shrink, and do not take the sugar, prick them again without taking them from the syrup and boil again; skim the syrup and remove the pan from the fire, allowing it to stand over night. The following day add to the fruit and syrup in the pan some sugar boiled to the blow degree and boil them once more, place in the stove and let them stand there all night. The following day drain the plums from the syrup, sprinkle them with a little powdered sugar, and dry in the stove.