Ingredients
3/4 Cup dried pears
1/2 Cup dried apples
1/2 Cup dried apricots or prunes
1/4 Cup raisins
1/2 Cup sugar, in all
Rind of 1/2 lemon (yellow part only), cut into str


Method
Rinse the fruit. Soak the pears in a 3-quart saucepan in 5 cups of water for 2 hours. In a separate bowl, soak the apples in 3 cups of water for 1 hour. Bring the pears and their water to a boil, adding 1/4 Cup of sugar and the lemon rind, lower the