Plums in Vinegar

How to make it

1. 1

   The ripe, fresh plums are wiped with a cloth, pricked once or twice with a needle, and laid in clean, dry glasses.

2. 2

   The vinegar and sugar are boiled together until it is clear and well skimmed, the cloves and cinnamon are given a quick boil in it, and everything is poured boiling over the plums. The plums are covered and left until the next day.

3. 3

   The juice is then poured off, boiled up, skimmed, the plums are added and given a brief boil, lifted out with a slotted spoon and laid in glasses or jars; cinnamon and cloves are placed in between.

4. 4

   The juice boils down until it is thick, poured boiling over the plums, which are tied over the next day.