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Pickled Grapes

From The new practical housekeeping, 1890

Serves 10

Keep the grapes under the pickle with a weight.

Presented as published in 1890. 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 new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 433. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pickled Grapes, — Cut bunches when hardly ripe and put in jar with vine leaves between each layer of grapes untiljar is filled ; then take as much water as will cover grapes and leaves, add salt till strong enough to bear an egg ; when it boils, skim, strain through flannel bag and let stand to settle ; strain a second time and pour upon the grapes, which must be well covered ; fill the jar with vine leaves, tie over a double cloth, set a plate upon it and stand two days ; then take off the cloth, pour away the brine, take out leaves and grapes, and lay them between two cloths to dry; boil two quarts of vinegar with one of water, and pound sugar
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