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Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Pour into a jar 1 gal good cider vinegar salted to taste \\ and then place in it a small cheese cloth bag containing i^ i] teasp each of whole allspice and cinnamon, 1 teasp whole Ij cloves and a small piece of ginger rootPickled Yellow Tomatoes. Set the jar in a cool t place and from day to day drop in carefully selected small ll yellow tomatoes, first pricking each tomato with a fork, to i keep them from bursting. When jar is full, cover with a j stout piece of brown paper and over this tie a strong piece \ of muslin. No cooking is needed, but be careful that the I tomatoes are well covered with the vinegar. — [P. R. H., no address. Pickled Onions I Select small white onions and peel but do not cut them. Place in wide mouthed bottles and sprinkle some spices among^ them, using 1 oz whole pepper, 1 tablesp mustard seedPickled Onions I and a ! few coriander seeds to each qt onions. Cover with cold vinegar and cork. If the onions absorb the vinegar, add more to keep them covered. — [Mrs. E. S. D., Wash. Pickled Onions II Peel small, white onions, put them over the fire in boiling water, and when they look clear skim them out and put them on a clean folded cloth. When quite dry, put them into a jar and cover them with hot spiced vinegar. If liked a little sweet, sugar may be added to the spiced vinegarPickled Onions II according to taste. The onions must be well covered with vinegar at all times. — [Mrs. M. B., O. Pickled String Beans Select tender, meaty string beans and boil them in salted water until done, then drain and drop them in a pickle made- of 1 qt vinegar, Vz cup sugar and 2 tablesp mixed spicesPickled String Beans boiled together. Let boil up once more after the cooked beans have been added, and then seal in fruit jars while hot. — [Mrs. A. J. P., Wis. Beet Pickles Select tender beets of uniform size, wash them clean, but do not cut off the root ends, and allow an inch or two of the stem ends to remain on. Cover with boiling water and boil until tender, then remove from the hot water, plunge into cold water, and then with the hands rub the skins and the root and stem ends off. Cut out all specks or tough parts, and slice CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER PICKLE 255 or cut into dice, and pack into glass jars. Fill overflowing full with boiling hot vinegarBeet Pickles, and seal. If a sweet pickle is- desired, boil some sugar and spices with the vinegar. — [Mrs. B. G., N. Y. Cabbage and Beet Pickle Chop fine 2 qts beets after they are boiled and cold. Chop fine 2 qts raw red cabbage and add to the beets and cabbage, 2 cups brown sugar, 1 cup grated horseradish, 1 tablesp salt and cider vinegar enough to coverCabbage and Beet Pickle. Put up in air-tight glass jars. The beets and cabbage should be measured after being chopped, and all the ingredients should be well mixed together before pack- ing into jars. — [Mrs. W. M. G., Ct. Pickled Red Cabbage Select a nice firm, crisp red cabbage, discard the outer leaves, and cut out the stem ends and tough core. Shred the cabbage fine and then pack into a gal jar in layers, sprinkling each layer with a little salt and white mustard seed. When the jar is full, pour over it y2 cup vinegar and i^ cup brown sugarPickled Red Cabbage, heated together. Have the jar overflowing full and seal while hot. A small red pepper may be added and a little horseradish root if desired. — [Mrs. A. J. P., Wis. Pickled White Cabbage Pickled White Cabbage