1 loaf stale bread

Butter

1 quart blackberries

Sugar

3/4 cup cold water

Sharp bread knife Broad knife Saucepan Spoon

Take a loaf of stale bread, butter one end, and cut off a thin slice. The bread must be quite stale. Continue to butter and slice until you have used the whole loaf. It is always easier and nicer to butter your bread before slicing.

Put 1 quart of blackberries in a saucepan with about 1 cupful of granulated sugar and 3/4 cup of cold water. Simmer the berries until they are tender, and the juice is running freely.

This will probably take about fifteen minutes. Stir from time to time. Put a layer of buttered bread into a deep dish and pour some of the hot stewed berries over it, then more bread and more blackberries in layers until all are used.

Put the dish in a cold place until the berries have cooled and then set on ice for a while.

Serve in the same dish with cream or milk.

Strawberry, raspberry or cherry bread can be made in the same way. Use more sugar with the sour berries, less with sweet.