This section is from the book "Better Meals For Less Money", by Mary Green. Also available from Amazon: Better Meals for Less Money.
2 cups rhubarb
3 bananas
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon butter
Wash rhubarb and cut, unpeeled, into one-inch pieces; peel and slice bananas, and arrange in a baking dish in alternate layers with the rhubarb; add sugar and butter, cover, and bake in a slow oven two hours. Serve hot or cold.
4 cups rhubarb 4 oranges
1 tablespoon orange rind grated Juice 1/2 lemon
6 cups sugar
Cut rhubarb in half-inch pieces; add pulp and juice of oranges, rind, lemon juice, and sugar. Cook slowly until juice will "jell" when tried on a cold plate.
3 pounds rhubarb 1 pound figs 3 pounds sugar
1 lemon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cut rhubarb unpeeled into inch pieces; wash figs and put through food chopper; put in preserving kettle with half of sugar and let stand over night; in the morning boil until clear, then add remaining sugar, juice and grated rind of lemon, and seasonings. Cook slowly until thickened.
 
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