Pumpkin Preserves

This is a very simple recipe. It was something I grew up with, but is not seen very often now. The exception is my father who is almost 90, but made me stop and get a pumpkin for his preserves. This recipe is not very precise, it is one of my mothers, given to me by my sister.

The picture is 1 bottle of pumpkin preserves and 1 bottle of pumpkin orange marmalade.

Directions

Wash and sterilize mason jar type bottles

Pumpkin, seeds removed, peeled and diced into 1 inch pieces.

for every 3 cups of diced pumpkin, 1 cup of white sugar.

whole cloves, place 3 or 4 in each bottles.

In a large bowl, place diced pumpkin, cover with sugar. Let set for at least 4 hours.

After the pumpkin has set for a few hours, place the pumpkin and the sugar in a pot and bring to a boil. When the pumpkin comes to a boil and the juice turns clear place in the sterilized bottles.