Pumpkin Preserves   
      
4 lb Pumpkin 
3 Lemons
4 lb Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tbs 


Wash pumpkin. Remove peel and seed. 
Cut pumpkin as wanted.

Weigh and mix with sugar. 
let stand 12 to 18 hours in a cool place. 

Add thinly sliced lemons, 
salt and mixed spices (tied in spice-bag).

Boil until pumpkin is clear 
and syrup thick. 

Pour, boiling hot, 
into hot Ball jars; seal at once