Cooking With Pineapple

1 pound dried apricots 2 1/2 cups chopped fresh pineapple 2 oranges lime or lemon juice sugar wash apricots and place in a bowl and fill with water to cover. Let soak overnight. Place apricots in a large pot along with water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat drain and put apricots to a […]

4 pounds firm, right pears 30 ounces sliced pineapple 2 oranges, large, seedless 3 quart sugar 4 ounces maraschino cherries peel pairs, remove cores and sliced thinly; cut each pair slice in about four pieces (you should now have about 2 quarts of sliced pears). Drain the canned pineapple and cut each slice in about […]

3 oranges, rind from 2 lemons, rind from 2 1/2 cups water 2 1/2 cups sugar 2 cups canned, crushed pineapple 10 1/2 ounces maraschino cherries 1 package powdered pectin Put orange and lemon rinds through food chopper. Add water and let stand several hours or overnight. Place rind and liquid in a heavy saucepan; […]

1 cantaloupe 15 1/4 ounces crushed pineapple fresh peaches 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 package powdered pectin 8 cups sugar Peel cantaloupe force fruit through coarse blade of food chopper. Drain cantaloupe and pineapple. Grind peeled, pitted peaches, drain and add to fruits to make 6 cups total. Please fruits in kettle or Dutch oven […]

2 tablespoons gelatin 1 1/2 cups canned pineapple juice 1/2 cup sugar 1 3/4 cups ginger ale 1 cup orange sections 1/2 cup sliced strawberries Soften the gelatin and 1/4 cup of the pineapple juice. Heat the remaining pineapple juice and dissolved the softened gelatin and the sugar in it. When cold, but not set, […]

10 ounces frozen strawberries 20 ounces crushed pineapple 1 lemon, juiced and rind 3 oranges, juice and rind 4 1/2 cup sugar 6 ounces liquid pectin Combine strawberries, pineapple, lemon juice, orange juice and rind in a large saucepan. Stir in sugar and mix well. Cook over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved. Bring […]

2 pounds cherries 2 1/2 cups crushed pineapple 2 cups sugar Pit cherries. Add pineapple. The two course blade food grinder. Add sugar. Boil to 230° F. on candy thermometer, or until thick and clear. Pour into hot, sterilized glasses. Seal at once. Recipe makes about six (6 ounce) glasses of Pineapple Sour Cherry Jam.

2 1/2 cups crushed pineapple 1/4 pound dried apricots 1/4 cup lemon juice 6 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 bottle Certo fruit pectin Add 2 cups water to 1/4 pound dried apricots. Cover and let stand 4 hours or overnight. Drain, reserving liquid. Growing apricots or chopped fine; mix with liquid. Add pineapple; measure 4 cups […]

2 cups shredded fresh pineapple, firm, ripe 2 cups diced fresh papaya, firm, ripe 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger Peel pineapple; shred by running a fork from top to bottom of fruit; discard core. Peel papaya and dice. Peel and grate fresh ginger. Measure equal amounts of pineapple and papaya. For each […]

2 1/2 quarts Concorde grapes 1 cup water 4 cups sugar 1 cup orange pulp 2 cups seedless raisins 2 cups drained, crushed, canned pineapple 1 1/2 cups broken walnut pieces Wash and drain the grapes, then slip from the skins and cook the skins with water for 15 minutes. Cook the grape pulp 10 […]