Lettuce Stalks, To Preserve

Ingredients

• the stalks of large lettuces
• an ounce and a half of whole ginger
• a pound of sugar
• the strained juice of one or two lemons

Method

1. 1

   Peel and cut stalks, soak in cold water.

2. 2

   Boil water with sugar and ginger, then pour syrup over stalks.

3. 3

   Boil syrup with ginger daily for five days, adding lemon juice at the last boiling.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 842. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ettucfe Stalks, To Preserve (an imitation of preserved ginger). — Take the - stalks of large lettuces, peel olf the outer skin, cut them into pieces about two inches long, wash them thoroughly, and weigh them ; then leave them to soak in cold water. Ascertain how much water will bo required to cover the lettuce- stalks entii-ely, and boil this quantity with a pound of sugar and an ounce and a half of whole ginger to every pound of stalks. The ginger should be soaked in hot water and sliced before being added to the sugar. When it has boiled a quarter of an hour, take out the ginger, drain the water from the lettuce-stalks, pour the syrup over them instead, and leave them until the next day. The syrup must be boiled with the ginger for a quarter of an hour every day for five days, and poured over the lettuce. The strained juice of one or two lemons

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