Monday, July 13, 2009

Lemon Butter

2 lbs. trombone
2 lbs. sugar
1/4 lb butter or Marg.
4 large lemons

Method: Boil trombone and drain well, and then mash. Melt butter in saucepan. Add grated lemon rind and juice of lemons. Then add trombone and sugar. Boil 1/2 hour, stirring constantly. Bottle and keep air-tight. Will keep indefinitely. May be used as jam.

Source: contributed by T. Hayden in Recipe Book Containing the Favourite Recipes of Members of the Payneham Methodist Women's Fellowship, 1961 (Payneham [Adelaide]: 1961), p.28.
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