This section is from the book "The Arizona Cook Book", by Williams Public Library Association. Also available from Amazon: Arizona Cook Book.
"Sweets to the Sweet."
One pound plums, one pound apples, one pound pears, three pounds sugar, ginger root to taste. Boil all together one hour, and put in glasses like jelly. - Miss Filer, Manistee, Mich.
Five pounds currants, five pounds sugar, one and one-half pounds seeded raisins, four oranges chopped, rind and all. Cook twenty minutes after it begins to boil. - Mrs. Henry Marsh, Manistee, Mich.
Five oranges, three quarts currant juice, two pounds chopped raisins, grate rind of oranges and use pulp; five pounds sugar. Simmer six hours. - Mrs. Geo. A. Cole, Middletown, Conn.
 
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