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Spiced Gooseberries

Leave the stem and blossom on ripe gooseberries, wash clean ; make a syrup of three pints sugar to one of vinegar, skim, if necessary, add berries and boil down till thick, adding more sugar if needed; when almost done, spice with cinnamon and cloves; boil as thick as apple butter.

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Spiced Gooseberries

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