Tomato Pickle

Ingredients

• One peck tomatoes
• eight large onions
• one pint vinegar
• two pints water
• one-half gallon vinegar
• three pounds brown sugar
• about two teaspoonfuls of whole cloves
• about two teaspoonfuls of allspice
• about a little bit of stick cinnamon
• and a little bit of mace

Method

1. 1

   Slice onions and tomatoes, sprinkle with salt, let stand overnight, drain and rinse, scald in vinegar and water, then drain.

2. 2

   Boil vinegar and sugar with spices, add tomatoes and onions, cook slowly, then put in jars.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 12 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Tomato Pickle. One peck green tomatoes, one head cabbage, one dozen onions, two tablespoons salt, two tablespoons, each, allspice, cloves, mace, celery seed and mustard seed, two pounds brown sugar, bunch horseradish, chop fine and drain over night, then place in a kettle with the sugar and spice, cover with vinegar, let come to a boil, and seal. Mrs. J. B. Swift. Pickled Onions. One peck small white onions, scald with boiling water, which will remove the odor and cause the skins to come off easily; when peeled, pour over them hot brine strong enough to float an egg, leave them stand twenty- four hours, pour off the brine, then cover with boiling vinegar, which will draw out the salt, after a day or two pour this off, and cover with fresh vinegar, and add some red peppers cut in pieces; put in jars or bottles. Mrs. Vorkeller. Tomato Pickle. One peck tomatoes, eight large onions, slice, put in layers, sprinkle with salt and let stand over night, drain and rinse in the morning, scald in one pint vinegar and two pints water, scald slowly until yeliow, drain through colander, put on stove one- half gallon vinegar and three pounds brown sugar, and spice to taste (about two teaspoonfuls of whole cloves, allspice and stick cinnamon, and a little bit of mace

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