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Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Mrs. JUDGE RUFFIN. Hillsboro 4No iC: CUCUMBER PICKLE. Soak the salt well out, and put in weak viuegar in which dissolve enough alum to taste rough, cover with grape or cabbage lerves, let simmer, (not boil) until the cucumbers are nicely geeened, take out and drop in hot water, cover and let stand until you prepare the seasoned vinegar, do not use very strong vinegar. To every four pounds of cucumbers, use two pounds of sugar, season with horse-radish and gar- lic, cinnamon bark and gingerCucumber Pickle. Let all boil in the vinegar, leave untill well seasoned then strain out and put cucumbers in a Jar and pour vinegar over them. Ready for use in two or three weeks. Mrs. W. R. COOPER. MIXED: PICKLES: Four large heads of cabbage, white; one peck green toma- toes, two dozen cucumbers, one dozen moderate sized onions, one dozen green peppers, two bunches telery; chop very fine (or better still grind inasausage mill). Mix weil put a layer of salt and one of the mixture; let it set over night, then press as dry as possible and cover with cold vin- [ 110 ] egar; set for twenty-four hours, press as before; take one gallon vinegar, three pounds sugar, half ounce cloves, half ounce cinnamon, half ounce allspice, half ounce mace, three pounds of raisins, four ounces celery seed; put all together with the mixture and place in a kettle till it comes to a boil remove at once and put in glass fruit jars and seal while hot and this will keep for years. ‘This will make about two gallons of very fine pickle. Miss MAGGIE ALBRIGHT. RIPE TOMATO SWEET PICKLE. Three pounds tomatoes, one pound sugar, one pint vine- gar; put tomatoes on in cold water, set on the fire and let them simmer until the skin splits, remove immediately from the hot water, pour cold water over them, let stand until perfectly cold, then put them in a jar boil the vinegar and sugar with cloves to taste, and pour over them. Let them stand three days. Pour thecontents of jar in a kettle, boil fifteen minutes, tie up and set in a cool place. Mrs. J. S. MESLEY. SW EB Ue Pie ar: Seven pounds of fruit, one pint vinegar, cloves, spice, cinnamon and ginger; boil sugar, vinegar and spices together, and pour hot over the fruit for three mornings. This is excellent for peaches, pears and damsons. Mrs. 8. C. ANDERSON. UNIVERSAL PICKUE. One gallon chopped cabbage, one gallon sliced green toma- toes, half gallon vinegar, one dozen green peppers, half dozen onions, two tablespoonfuls white mustard seed, one tablespoonful each whole cloves and spice, one tablespoon- ful ginger, broken up, one tablespoonful salt, one teaspoon- ful each, black pepper and red pepper. Mrs. J. G. PIPER. \ C11 J | GREEN TOMATO PICKLE. \ Six pounds tomatoes, two and half pounds sugar, one quart vinegar, cloves and spices totast. Slice tomatoes and let\stand in cold water with a little salt over night. Soak in fresh water next day and pickle the following morning. \ Mrs. S. C. ANDERSON. : MANGO PEPPER PICKLE. Select peppers of good size, rejecting any withered, dark ones. With a sharp pen knife cut a circle round the stem and take it out whole; remove all the seeds and replace the stem, fastening it with a singlestitch. Makea brine strong enough to float an egg, put in the peppers and let them Stand in it fortwo days. Rinse and dry them, then fill with the following mixture: FILLING. Mixed Pickles