Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Strawberry Jam I from Erken 1914: cleaned strawberries are sprinkled with sugar and left until the next day, simmer for 15 minutes and are skimmed, cognac is added, the berries are lifted out and the juice is reduced for 20 minutes before everything is filled into jars with cognac-dipped paper on top.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 591 (falt i det fri)
Classic strawberry jam from the preserving chapter of "Stor kokebok" (1914). The berries are sprinkled with sugar the night before so they keep their shape, and the cognac-dipped paper over the jam was meant to prevent mold.
Sugar the berries
Clean the berries and sprinkle the sugar over them. Let them stand until the next day.
Simmer
Set the berries over the heat and let them barely simmer for 15 minutes from when they come to a boil. Skim well as you go.
Add the cognac
When it no longer foams, add the cognac.
Reduce the juice
Lift the berries out with a slotted spoon and reduce the juice for 20 minutes. Then pour it over the berries and shake the dish gently.
Fill into jars
Put the jam into clean, dry jars or crocks. Place a paper dipped in cognac on top and tie over with parchment paper.
The amount of strawberries is illegible in the original's OCR and has been estimated. "Pounded caster sugar" is replaced with fine-grained sugar/caster sugar, and the parchment paper and cognac-dipped paper are kept as a historical detail (can be replaced with clean jars with screw lids). The method is divided into numbered steps.
Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Note til Modernisert
Mengden jordbær er uleselig i originalens OCR og er anslått. «Støtt melis» er erstattet med finkornet sukker/melis, og pergamentpapir og konjakkdyppet papir er beholdt som historisk detalj (kan erstattes med rene glass med skrulokk). Fremgangsmåten er delt i nummererte trinn.
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