This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Remove skin and eyes from pineapples; then cut in half-inch slices or in cubes, at the same time discarding the core. Follow directions for preserving. Pineapples may be shredded and cooked in one-half their weight of sugar without water, and then put in jars. When put up in this way they are useful for the makings of sherbets and fancy desserts.
 
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