Title: Cherry conserve
 Categories: Condiments, Fruits, Jams
      Yield: 5 1/2 pints
 
      5 lb Bing cherries
      1    Orange
           Juice of 1 lemon
      4 c  Sugar (2 lbs.)
      1 c  Chopped almonds or pecans
      1 c  Seedless raisins
 
  Wash and pit cherries; wash, thinly slice and seed the orange.  Put
  cherries and orange slices into a preserving kettle and add the lemon
  juice and sugar.  Cook the mixture, uncovered, about 45 minutes,
  stirring frequently until it is thick and transparent.  Remove from
  the stove. Skim off the foam with a metal spoon; then add the nuts
  and the raisins and cook another 10 minutes.  Ladle into hot,
  sterilized jars and seal immediately.
  
  Submitted by John Hartman Indianapolis, IN 1996