Sweet Cabbage Pickle

Ingredients

• One and a half gallons sliced cabbage
• three quarts of water
• three-fourths pound salt
• one pint of chopped onions
• one-half gallon vinegar
• one-half pint grated horseradish
• one pod red pepper
• one pound sugar
• one-half head of garlic
• three ginger roots
• three tablespoonfuls of turmeric
• one-half tablespoonful mustard seed
• two pieces of mace
• a few grains black pepper
• a few cloves

Method

1. 1

   Boil salt and water, pour over cabbage while hot.

2. 2

   Let stand overnight, then dry.

3. 3

   Mix remaining ingredients in vinegar, add cabbage, and boil for about four hours.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 474. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SWEET CABBAGE PICKLE. One and a half gallons sliced cabbage, three quarts of water, three- fourths pound salt, the salt and water to be boiled together, skimmed and poured over the cabbage while boiling hot, which will shrink the cabbage to one gallon. It must be closely covered to stand all night, then dry by being pressed with a coarse cloth ; then soak one pint of chopped onions, one-half gallon vinegar, one-half pint grated horseradish, one pod red pepper, one pound sugar, one-half head of gar- lic, three ginger roots, three tablespoonfuls of turmeric, one-half table- spoonful mustard seed, two pieces mace, a few grains black pepper, a few cloves

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