Strawberry Preserves - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. stemmed strawberries
5 c. sugar

Preparation

Cook fruit without sugar 3 minutes; add 3 cups sugar and cook 3 minutes.
Then add 2 cups sugar and cook 3 minutes or a little longer.
Pour into an earthen crock and stir occasionally.
In 3 days, put in jars and seal with wax.