1. Wash the fruit.

2. Soak it for several hours - perhaps overnight - to replace the water which was dried out.

3. Cook it very slowly in a stew pan or in a slow oven, for several hours.

4. Use as little water as possible and only a little sugar.

5. If the fruit has a "flat" taste, add a little lemon juice, or a little cream of tartar, which is an acid, too.

6. Sprinkle chopped nuts on the stewed fruit for variety and to increase the food value.

Using canned fruit. If you buy fruit or vegetables in cans, look to see if the top is flat, for if it bulges, the fruit is spoiled. When you use either fruit canned at home or bought from the grocery, let it air in a dish in a clean, cool place. This will give it a better taste; and it improves it even more to reheat it and let it cool again.

Fruit for dessert. Fresh fruit and cooked fruit make the best of desserts at the end of a hearty meal, and are quite enough for supper. If you want something more, there are many dishes easy to make with fruit.