HERE'S HOW TO MAKE APRICOT PRESERVES.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Recipe)

DEAR HELOISE: Awhile ago, there was one of your mother's old Chinese recipes for apricot preserves from her 1974 column. I tried it today, and it is wonderful and so easy. Thank you for the recipe. Everyone should try it. -- Doris Miller, Jessup, Md. DEAR DORIS: So glad you liked the preserves. For other readers who may have missed it, here it is, as written by my mother in 1974: APRICOT PRESERVES 1 8-ounce package of dried apricots 1/2 cup of sugar 1/2 fresh lemon 4 cups of water

Put 4 cups of water in a pot, throw in your 8-ounce package of dried apricots and add 1/2 cup of sugar. Slice half a lemon in extremely thin slices and then chop in tiny pieces. …