Pear Preserves - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 bushel pears
5 lb. sugar

Preparation

Peel pears and slice very thin.
Put about 1/4 of pears in a large pan, covering with sugar.
Alternately add pears and sugar, until you've used them all.
Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and cook about 2 hours, stirring often.