This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Select one dozen ripe, sound, green-gages; cut them in two, remove the stones, and put them in a vessel with three ounces of powdered sugar. Finish the same as for pineapple pie (No. 1087).
 
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