Preserved Tomatoes The Canadian Settler’s Guide by Catharine Parr Traill

To three pounds of fresh ripe tomatoes, add the juice, and finely cut peeling of two lemons; boil together with some sliced ginger for one hour, then add 4 lbs. of lump sugar, and boil for half an hour longer. This looks like a fine West India preserve.[1]

Note

• [1] Catharine Parr Traill. The Canadian Settler’s Guide. (Toronto: The Old Countryman Office, 1855), 132.