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HiGDUM

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 20

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 298. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HiGDUM. — Four quarts of cucumbers chopped fine with skins on ; add two quarts of chopped onions; mix in a handful of salt, and let it drain six hours. Then add one gill of sweet oil, one pint of Madeira wine, a tablespoonful of black pepper, one of cayenne, one of mustard- seed, one of flour of mustard. Put it in a stone jar, and cover with strong vinegar

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