Pickled Peaches - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pt. vinegar
4 c. sugar
7 lb. firm, ripe peaches, peeled
2 Tbsp. whole cloves
1 Tbsp. mixed spices

Preparation

Put vinegar and sugar on stove and let them come to a boil. Then scald the peaches in this solution.
The peaches should stay in long enough to get hot through and through and until they can be pricked with a fork, but should not be allowed to shrivel.
Place in sterilized fruit jars and seal.