A Few General Rules and Directions for Preserving

1. Let everything used for the purpose be delicately clean and dry; bottles especially so.

2. Never place a preserving pan flat upon the fire, as this will render the preserve liable to burn to, as it is called; that is to say, to adhere closely to the metal, and then to burn; it should rest always on a trivet (that shown with the French furnace is very convenient, even for a common grate), or on the lowered bar of a kitchen range when there is no regular preserving stove in a house.