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      Title: Spiced Seckel Pears
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      Yield: 4 Servings
 
 
  Boil together for fifteen minutes one pint of
  cider vinegar, one and three fourths pounds of
  granulated sugar. Tie in a small piece of
  cheesecloth half a dozen whole cloves, one dozen
  whole allspice, one teaspoonful of ground
  cinnamon, one saltspoonful of ground mace and a
  small piece of ginger root. Put with the vinegar
  and sugar and boil. Select fine large seckel
  pears, pare and remove their stems, put into the
  vinegar and let all boil gently until the pears
  look clear; then drain off the vinegar, put he
  pears into jars, reheat the vinegar and pour over
  the pears. Seal and use as a sweet pickle. This is
  a delicious pickle of carefully and properly done.
 
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