Twelve whole cloves and twelve peppercorns may be
tied in a bag and kept in the pickle jar.
PRESERVING 319
Pickled Cabbage
4 quarts chopped cabbage 1 cup chopped peppers
2 cups chopped onion salt
Arrange cabbage, onion, and peppers in layers in an
earthen crock ; cover each layer with salt. Let stand over
night ; in the morning drain ; then arrange cabbage, onion,
and peppers in layers, with cloves and mustard seeds.
Cover with cider vinegar ; let stand twenty-four hours.
Pickled Cabbage and Celery
2 quarts chopped cabbage 2 quarts chopped celery
1 cup sugar \ cup salt
\ cup celery seed \ cup mustard seed
3 quarts vinegar
Cook all ingredients until cabbage is tender. Keep in
stone crock.
Pickled Cucumbers No. 2
100 cucumbers sliced olive oil
30 small onions sliced vinegar
salt mustard seed
Arrange cucumbers and salt in layers and let stand over
night. Arrange onions and salt in layers and let stand
over night. In the morning drain ; put a layer of cucum-
bers in an earthen crock, cover with olive oil and mustard,
then a layer of onions, and so continue until all are used.
Cover whole with cider vinegar ; let stand covered closely
for two months, when it is ready for use.
Pickled Tomatoes
2 quarts chopped tomato 1 cup chopped onion
2 cups chopped horse-radish ^ cup choj)ped peppers
2 cups chopped celery J cup mustard seed
^ cup salt ^ cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon clove 1 tablespoon cinnamon
4 cups vinegar✪ Sweet Pickled Cantaloupe
Mix all ingredients ; stir every morning for a week.
Keep in a cool, dark place.
320 LOWNEY'S COOK BOOK
Mustard Pickle
4 cups vinegar 2 tablespoons turmeric
\ pound mustard seed 1 pint button onions
\ pound horse-radish 4 cups sliced cucumbers
I pound mustard 4 cups sliced green tomatoes
1 cup brown sugar 4 cups cauliflo\Yer flowerets
1 cup chopped green pepper 2 tablespoons celery seed✪ Mustard Pickle
Boil vinegar, spices, and sugar five minutes, add remain-
ing ingredients, and simmer until thick. Keep in crock
in cool place.
Chow Chow
1 medium-sized cauliflower 2 cups salt
12 green peppers 4 cups vinegar
12 cucumbers (small) 1 teaspoon cayenne
2 cups small onions 2 quarts boiling water
3 tablespoons mustard✪ Chow Chow
Peel onions and cook twenty minutes. Drain and cool.
Arrange cauliflower, broken in small pieces, cucumbers,
peppers, and onions in kettle. Cover with brine made of
salt and water. Let stand two days. Drain thoroughly,
then cover with vinegar, cayenne, and mustard. Boil
slowly one hour. Keep in Mason or Lightning jars.
Piccalilli
4 dozen small cucumbers 2 heads cabbage
3 quarts small green string beans 2 heads cauliflower
4 red peppers 1 teaspoon ginger
4 green peppers 1 teaspoon pepper
\ cup mustard seed 1 teaspoon mace
vinegar
Tie spices in a muslin bag. Chop the vegetables, cover
with salt and water, let stand over night. Drain thor-
oughly, cover with hot vinegar, add spice bag, and let
stand until the next morning. Reheat vinegar and pour
over pickles ; do this for three days, then keep in earthen
crock tightly covered.
PRESERVING 321
Pickled Walnuts
Run a needle through soft walnuts ; cover with strong
brine of salt and water; let stand in brine for a week,
draining off brine every day, and covering with fresh
brine. Then drain and wash walnuts, cover with vinegar,
boil ten minutes, add a bag of spices, cover closely, and
keep in cool place three weeks✪ Pickled Walnuts.
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Twelve whole cloves and twelve peppercorns may be tied in a bag and kept in the pickle jar.
Pickled Cabbage
4 quarts chopped cabbage 1 cup chopped peppers
2 cups chopped onion salt
Arrange cabbage, onion, and peppers in layers in an earthen crock ; cover each layer with salt. Let stand over night ; in the morning drain ; then arrange cabbage, onion, and peppers in layers, with cloves and mustard seeds. Cover with cider vinegar ; let stand twenty-four hours.
Pickled Cabbage and Celery
2 quarts chopped cabbage 2 quarts chopped celery
1 cup sugar \ cup salt
\ cup celery seed \ cup mustard seed
3 quarts vinegar
Cook all ingredients until cabbage is tender. Keep in
stone crock.
Pickled Cucumbers No. 2
100 cucumbers sliced olive oil
30 small onions sliced vinegar
salt mustard seed
Arrange cucumbers and salt in layers and let stand over night. Arrange onions and salt in layers and let stand over night. In the morning drain ; put a layer of cucumbers in an earthen crock, cover with olive oil and mustard, then a layer of onions, and so continue until all are used. Cover whole with cider vinegar ; let stand covered closely for two months, when it is ready for use.
Pickled Tomatoes
2 quarts chopped tomato 1 cup chopped onion
2 cups chopped horse-radish ^ cup choj)ped peppers 2 cups chopped celery J cup mustard seed
^ cup salt ^ cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon clove 1 tablespoon cinnamon
4 cups vinegar
Mix all ingredients ; stir every morning for a week. Keep in a cool, dark place.
Mustard Pickle
4 cups vinegar 2 tablespoons turmeric
\ pound mustard seed 1 pint button onions
\ pound horse-radish 4 cups sliced cucumbers
I pound mustard 4 cups sliced green tomatoes
1 cup brown sugar 4 cups cauliflower flowerets
1 cup chopped green pepper 2 tablespoons celery seed
Boil vinegar, spices, and sugar five minutes, add remaining ingredients, and simmer until thick. Keep in crock
in cool place.
Chow Chow
1 medium-sized cauliflower 2 cups salt
12 green peppers 4 cups vinegar
12 cucumbers (small) 1 teaspoon cayenne
2 cups small onions 2 quarts boiling water
3 tablespoons mustard
Peel onions and cook twenty minutes. Drain and cool. Arrange cauliflower, broken in small pieces, cucumbers, peppers, and onions in kettle. Cover with brine made of salt and water. Let stand two days. Drain thoroughly, then cover with vinegar, cayenne, and mustard. Boil slowly one hour. Keep in Mason or Lightning jars.
Piccalilli
4 dozen small cucumbers 2 heads cabbage
3 quarts small green string beans 2 heads cauliflower
4 red peppers 1 teaspoon ginger 4 green peppers 1 teaspoon pepper \ cup mustard seed 1 teaspoon mace
vinegar
Tie spices in a muslin bag. Chop the vegetables, cover with salt and water, let stand over night. Drain thoroughly, cover with hot vinegar, add spice bag, and let stand until the next morning. Reheat vinegar and pour over pickles ; do this for three days, then keep in earthen crock tightly covered.
Pickled Walnuts
Run a needle through soft walnuts ; cover with strong brine of salt and water; let stand in brine for a week, draining off brine every day, and covering with fresh brine. Then drain and wash walnuts, cover with vinegar, boil ten minutes, add a bag of spices, cover closely, and keep in cool place three weeks.
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Sweet Tomato PickleSweet Pickled CantaloupePickled CabbagePickled TomatoesPickled Cabbage and CeleryPiccalilliPickled Cucumbers No. 2Mustard PickleChow ChowPickled Walnuts