Universal Pickle

Ingredients

• six quarts of vinegar
• one pound of salt
• one-fourth pound of ginger
• one ounce of mace
• one-half pound of shallots
• one tablespoonful of cayenne
• two ounces of mustard-seed
• one and a-half ounces of turmeric

Method

1. 1

   Boil all the ingredients together for about twenty minutes.

2. 2

   When cold, put them into a jar with whatever vegetables you choose, such as radish-pods, French beans, cauliflower, gherkins, etc.

3. 3

   This pickle will be fit for use in about eight or nine months.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 332. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Universal Pickle. — To six quarts of vinegar allow one pound of salt, one-fourth pound of ginger, one ounce of mace, one-half pound of shallots, one tablespoonful of cayenne, two ounces of mustard-seed, one and a-half ounces of turmeric

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