Pickled Pears - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qt. pears, cut in quarters
2 lb. sugar (preferably brown)
3 or 4 sticks cinnamon
few cloves
1 1/2 pt. vinegar

Preparation

Make a syrup with the sugar, vinegar and cinnamon.
Cook them together for 20 minutes.
Cook pears in syrup until tender, a few at a time.
Put pears in jar; boil the syrup 10 minutes longer, then pour over pears and seal.