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The Henderson cook book

1914

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Presented as published in 1914. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Wash red peppers, cut a slice from the stem end and re- move all seeds and membranes. This is important as the "hot" principle is in these and if allowed to remain the pickles will be too hot to be edible. Cut in thin strips with a pair of scissors. Pour boiling water over them, let stand 3 minutes, drain and plunge into ice water. An easy way PICKLES AND CATSUPS 187 to do this is to place the pepper shreds in a colander and plunge first into boiling water, then into ice water, and leave 10 minutes. Drain and pack as solidly as possible into small glass jars. Pour over peppers until jars overflow a pickle made by boiling fifteen minutes 1 quart of vinegar with 2 cups of sugarPickled Sweet Red Pepper. When jars are overflowing cover, seal and store in a cool place. GREEN BELL PEPPER PICKLE. Make slit in peppers, remove seeds, soak in brine. When ready to pickle cover the peppers with water. When fresh chop hard white cabbage very fine, scald, add 2 ounces white mustard seed, chopped celery or a little celery seed and grated horse-radishGreen Bell Pepper Pickle, salt, cabbage and squeeze dry. Stuff peppers with the mixture and close with a few stitches. Put in large stone jars. Cover with hot spiced vinegar, made in proportion to 1 gallon vinegar, % pound sugar, add cloves, cinnamon and spice in vinegar, tied in cheesecloth bags. PEPPER SAUCE. One gallon vinegar, 30 pods of ripe pepper, 30 pods of green pepper and 12 onions. Put these in the kettle with vinegar and boil until it begins to come to pieces. Then strain it through a colander, pressing it thoroughly. Add iy2 cups of sugar and 1 cup of spices, consisting of cloves, mace, allspice, black pepper and ground mustard. Put it on the fire again and cook until as thick as ordinary catsup. — Mrs. Ann South erland. PEPPER HASH. Eighteen red peppers, 18 green peppers, 3 heads of cab- bage. Chop fine. 4 quarts vinegar, 1 pound brown sugar, 1 pint salt, 1 tablespoon whole cloves, 1 ounce celery seed, y2 pound white mustard seed, y2 pound ground mustard. After the cabbage and peppers are chopped fine put in the salt and 188 PICKLES A1STD CATSUPS let stand for several hours, then drain veil", put on fire and boil 30 minutes. — Miss Julia Mitchell Cooper. SWEET PEACH PICKLE. Peel firm peaches, weigh them, and to every pound of fruit allow y2 pound sugar. Place sugar and fruit in kettle in alternate layers; bring slowly to boil. To every 6 pounds of fruit allow 1 pint vinegar. To this add tablespoon each of ground mace, cinnamon and cloves (tied up in muslin). Put the spices in vinegar and pour on the peaches and boil 5 minutes. At the end of this time remove fruit and spread on flat dish; boil the syrup 15 minutes or until thick. Put the fruit in glass jars; pour the boiling syrup over it and seal. — Marion Harland. SWEET PICKLED PEACHES. To 7 pounds of fruit put 3 pounds of sugar, 1 quart of vinegar, and spices to taste. Put the fruit in sugar the night before. Cook until the peaches can be pierced easily with a straw. Then take out peaches and cook syrup about half an hour, or until it ropes, then pour over fruit. Do not close jar until peaches are cold. — Mrs. E. H. Thomas. ONION PICKLE. Sweet Peach Pickle