Green Tomato Pickles

Ingredients

• i peck of green tomatoes
• i c salt
• 2 qts. water
• i qt. vinegar
• i gal. cider vinegar
• 2 pounds sugar
• three red pepper pods
• i T white mustard seed
• i c cinnamon bark, ginger root, mace, and whole cloves

Method

1. 1

   Prepare tomatoes by removing ends and slicing.

2. 2

   Sprinkle with salt and set aside overnight.

3. 3

   Drain, then boil in water and vinegar.

4. 4

   Cook together cider vinegar, sugar, red pepper pods, mustard seed, and spices for 10 minutes.

5. 5

   Add tomatoes and simmer for about 1 hour, then jar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 239. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Green Tomato Pickles Remove a thin slice from the blossom ends and the hard portion around the stems of i peck of green tomatoes. Slice, sprinkle with i c salt and set aside over night. In the morn- ing, drain, then boil 15 m in 2 qts. water and i qt. vinegar. Drain again. Cook together 10 m i gal. cider vinegar, 2 pounds sugar, three red pepper pods cut into strips, i T white mustard seed, whole, and i c cinnamon bark, ginger root, mace, and whole cloves

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