Strawberry Preserves - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. strawberries
4 c. sugar
1 lemon

Preparation

De-cap strawberries and wash.
Place berries in colander. Pour boiling water over them completely, then spray (or rinse) with cold water thoroughly.
Place in a large pot and add 2 cups of sugar and juice from half of a lemon.
Turn stove on high, stirring until juice is a rolling boil.
Boil 5 minutes.
Remove. Add 2 cups more of sugar.
Bring to a rolling boil again 5 minutes. Pour in a large bowl.
Let stand 2 days. Remove white residue from top. Stir every so often.
Boil jars.
Add preserves and put a paraffin layer on top.
Let set, then paraffin layer again.
Put on lid.