This section is from the book "Practical Cooking And Serving", by Janet McKenzie Hill. Also available from Amazon: Practical Cooking and Serving: A Complete Manual of How to Select, Prepare, and Serve Food [1919].
Mix half a cup, each, of raspberry jam and boiling water; add two rounding tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar and let boil two or three minutes; strain, to remove the seeds, and when cold add a teaspoonful of kirschwasser.
Drain the juice or syrup fron a can of raspberries and reserve for sherbet or other use. With a wooden pestle press the pulp of the raspberries through a sieve fine enough to hold back the seeds To a cup of this rather thick pulp add a scant three fourths cup of sugar and stir over the fire until boiling. Chill before using.
 
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