Mangoes

Ingredients

• Use young or small musk or nutmeg melons
• 4 tablespoons English mustard seed
• 1 cup brown sugar

Method

1. 1

   Wash and prepare melons, soak in brine for three days, then fill with a mixture of string beans, cucumbers, gherkins, and tomatoes.

2. 2

   Add the spice mixture, sew the section back on, and pack in a jar.

3. 3

   Pour scalding vinegar over them and repeat the process for three days.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ... (1895) by William Hart Boyd, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mangoes. Use young or small musk or nutmeg melons or can- taloupe (which is a delicate variety of musk melon), wash and rub the melons well, cut out one section, scrape out the inside and wipe it out with a cloth, tie each section on to its own melon. Lay the mangoes in a good brine for three days, then drain off the brine, rinse it all off, and freshen in pure warm water for twenty-four hours (green them as cucumbers if you wish). Then fill each one with four string beans, two small cucumbers, a gherkin, a small tomato, just to fill them; then put in one tablespoon of the follow- ing mixture to each one. S30 The Queen Cook Book 4 tablespoons English 2 teaspoons mace mustard seed 2 teaspoons ginger 4 tablespoons grated i dozen pepper-corns horseradish i teaspoon celery-seed I teaspoon mustard i cup brown sugar

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.