4 lbs hard pears, green
8 cups sugar
2 ounces ginger root
6 lemons
Soak ginger root over night;then boil 15 minutes. Cool peel and chop very fine. Wash and core pears, chop fine. Add the grated rind from 3 lemons and the juice from all 6 lemons. Add sugar and boil until thick. Pour into clean jars and seal.