We’re getting shipments in of beautiful Ohio Stoneware crocks + jugs so I took a moment to look up preserving recipes in an old 1963 paperback copy of The Joy of Cooking. Tutti Fruitti Cockaigne caught my eye. This also goes by the comparatively ho-hum name, Brandied Fruit. The recipe:
A sort of liquid hope-chest, the contents of which may be served with a meat course or over puddings and ice cream. Be sure that during its preparation your container is big enough to hold all the ingredients you plan putting into it and, just as important, that you can store it in a consistently cool place, not above 45degrees, to prevent runaway fermentation. Place in a sterile stoneware crock with a closely fitting lid:
1 quart brandy
Add, as they come into season, five of the following varieties of fruit—perfect fruit only:
1 quart strawberries
1 quart seeded cherries
1 quart raspberries
1 quart currents
1 quart gooseberries
1 quart peeled sliced apricots
1 quart peeled sliced peaches
1 quart peeled sliced pineapple
Avoid apples, as too hard; bananas and pears, as too mushy; blackberries, as too seedy; and seeded grapes, unless skinned, as their skins become tough. With each addition of fruit, add the same amount of sugar
Stir the tutti fruitti every day until the last of the fruit has been added, securing the lid well after each time. The mixture will keep indefinitely.