Compote of Pears

• 7 Large, Fine Pears
• A Pound of Sugar
• The Juice of a Lem

Scrape the pears spirally from head to stalk with a tapering tin cutter, to take out the cores. Then put the sugar and one-half cup of water on the fire, and add to it four or five Pears, which you will have cut into pieces. As this forms a syrup place the whole Pears in it, and let them simmer, adding