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The economical cook book

1905

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Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Two gallons of chopped cabbage, one of green tomatoes sliced, one dozen onions sliced, one ounce of turmeric, one ounce of whole allspicci the same of whole doves, the same of ground ginger, half a pound of white mustard-seed, a gill and three- quarters of salt, one and three-quarter pounds of sugar, and a gallon of vinegar. Boil aU together half an hour. Tomato-sauoe. One peck of green tomatoes and a quarter of a peck of white onions sliced thin ; sprinkle them with salt in alternate layers. Let them stand all night, then strain off the water, cover them with vinegar, and simmer gently twenty minutes. Mix together half a teacup of ground mustard, a quarfser of a pound of mua- 294 COOKER T FB OM EZPEEIBNCE. tardHwed, half a onp of brown sugar, a quarter of a oap of grouftd ginger, half a onp of good sweet oil, and any other spioeB you pleaseMixed Pickle. Stir these into the piokles when half looked. * Pickled Peppera. Cut the stems out in a round circle with a sharp knife, and lay them aside to replace ; fill the peppers with a mixture of finely-cut and chopped cabbage, horseradish either out in slipe or grated, mustard-seed and salt. Wash the peppers in oold water before you fill them ; then fill, replace the piece you cut out) tie them round with soft cord to keep the lids on, pack them in stone jars and fill up with cold sharp cider-vinegar. They will be ready for use in two weeks. Pickled Tomatoes. Take the little pear-shaped or round red tomatoes, wash them and wipe them very dry } put them in glass jars that ean be made air-tight; to a quart of tomatoes put half a dozen blades of mace, a teaspoonful of whole cloves, the same of allspice, and a few little red peppers cut in rings ; fill the jars three parts Adl of the tomatoes, and fill up with good cider-vinegar, oold. Set them in a cool dark place, and in three weeks they are ready for use. Uie no tak. This pickle is very nice for flavoring ragofits, hashes, &e., &o. * Oreen Tomato Pickle. A peck of green tomatoes, three dozen small white onionsPickled Peppers ; slioe them, and put them in separate jars, sprinkling each layer profusely with salt ; let them stand until next day, then drain off the liquid, which b not to be used. Take one ounce of whole cloves, one ounce of allspice, one ounce and a half of black pepper, one ounce of yellow mustard-seed ; put in a large kettle a layer of tomatoes and onions, sprinkle them with the spioee, then put another layer of tomatoes and onions, more spices, and so on until all are in the kettle. Cover it with good cider- vinegar ; mix in a paste a quarter of a po'ind of English miis PICKLES. 296 tard with a little yinegar, thin it, and pour over the tomatoes, ke, ; stir it thoroughly through them, set the kettle on the baok of the range, and let all simmer together for half an hour; then put in jars. When oold, cover closely. * Hasturtiums. Drop them as you gather them into a jar of vinegar; put a spoonful of salt in after the jar is filled. * Mushroom Catsup. Put the mushrooms in a stone pot in layers, with salt sprin« kled over each layer, let them stand four days, then mash them, and to every quart add two-thirds of a teaspoonful of black pepper ; put them into a stone jar, and set it into a kettle of boiling water for three hours ; replenish the water round the jar, and keep up a fast boil ; then strain through a cloth, but do not squeeze it. Boil the juice half an hour longer, and let it stand until next day to settle ; then bottle, seal up, and keep in a cool place. * IValnut Catsup. Tomato Catsup