plum-preserves

Updated: May 27, 2025

She gave to the visitors what she called "a company supper" biscuits deliciously sweet and light, cold chicken, plum-preserves, sponge-cake, and for a central dish a platter containing little frosted cakes, with the letters "P.Q.S." traced on each in red sugar-sand.

Mary Spring Corning - Miss Elliot's Girls : Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies