Stewed Fruit

Stewed fruit is great to eat, hot, as a topping for waffles or crepes
or just on its own.  It is easy to make.

1     L   frozen fruit (apricots, sour cherries, frozen berries)
2     tsp corn starch
          sugar to taste
1/2   cup cold water


Heat the frozen fruit in a suitable pot.  As it warms it will release
juice.  Meanwhile in a small bowl or cup mix the corn starch 
with about half a cup of cold water and a couple of tsp of
sugar.   The starch will clump if you put it in warm water.  When the
fruit comes to a light boil add some of the hot liquid to the starch 
mixture and then pour that into the boiling fruit.  Reduce heat and 
stir.  The liquid should thicken.  You may want to add more sugar or
more starch but be warned that the starch changes the flavour of the 
fruit if you add too much.  

Serve hot as a topping for waffles or crepes.

My mother always used arrowroot powder instead of corn starch but I 
think that it is basically the same.