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.
Have twelve good, ripe plums; wipe and quarter them; remove the stones, and prepare them exactly the same as for peach tarts (No. 1106).
 
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