Oil Pickle

Ingredients

• 1 dozen large cucumbers
• 6 medium sized onions
• Then to 1 quart of vinegar add Yi cup salad oil
• Yi cup salad oil
• Yi cup mustard seed
• 1 table- spoon celery seed

Method

1. 1

   Slice onions thin, also cucumbers with skin on; place in bowl in alternate layers, sprinkled well with salt.

2. 2

   Then drain off salt and water.

3. 3

   Put in jar, pour over the cold vinegar and cover tight.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Portland Woman's Exchange Cook Book (1913) by Portland Woman's Exchange (Or.), page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oil Pickle. 1 dozen large cucumbers. 6 medium sized onions. Slice onions thin, also cucumbers with skin on; place in bowl in alternate layers, sprinkled well with salt. Let stand 230 PORTLAND WOMAN'S EXCHANGE COOK BOOK 3 hours, then drain off salt and water. Then to 1 quart of vinegar add Yi cup salad oil, Yi cup mustard seed, 1 table- spoon celery seed; put in jar, pour over the cold vinegar and cover tight. Grosse Pointe. Sweet Pickle Peaches. 7 lbs. fruit. 4 lbs. sugar. 1 pint vinegar. Small handful whole cinnamon and cloves tied in a bag. Put vinegar and sugar on to boil and skim. Then put in the whole peeled peaches and boil until tender. Try with straw. Drain out the fruit and put in crock. Boil syrup down until of the right consistency and pour over fruit while hot. Same recipe for pears or plums. Mrs, Joseph Young, Oreen Tomato Pickles. 1 peck green tomatoes. 6 large onions. 1 teaspoon salt. Stand all night and drain. 2 cups water. 1 cup vinegar. Boil 1 minute and drain. 1 teaspoon cayenne. 2 quarts vinegar. 3 lbs. brown sugar. Yz lb. white mustard seed. 2 tablespoons each of allspice, cloves, whole in bag; cin- namon ginger and mustard, ground. Cook until done. Mrs. Wells Gilbert. Piccalili. 2 dozen large cucumbers. 1 dozen onions. 1 dozen large green tomatoes. SPICED FRUITS AND PICKLES 231 1 J/2 heads of cabbage. 2 red peppers, 2 green peppers. Yi dozen heads of celery. Chop all fine. Put in bowl, sprinkle with salt, let stand 3 hours

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