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Julie M. Clagett cookbook, 1908-1914

Page 51

Pickles
Cucumber Catsup.
Pare, & cut your cucumbers in small slices, add one third as many onions sliced very thin. Salt them plentifully, & mix well together. Let them stand for 5 or 6 hours, then put them on a sieve to drain, To 2 gals cucumbers, put 2 tablespoonfuls ground black pepper, alspice & cloves to your tast 1/2 pt sweet oil, 1/4 lb ground mustard, & as much vinegar, as will cover them. Stop your jar very closely, & keep it in a cool place, make late in the
Another cucumber catsup.
Make as late in the season as you can. Pare & grate them with a bread grater. Grate also 2 onions to each doz cucumbers. Season with pepper salt, & vinegar to your taste. Then bottle, & cork tight, & keep in a cool dry place until danger of freezing.
Ripe tomato pickle.
To 1 peck tomatoes, 2 lbs sugar 1/2 lb ginger pounded, 1/2 lb salt, 1/4 lb alspice, 1/4 lb cloves, 1 doz onions, 3 pts vinegar. Slice without peeling or scalding, put them in layers, sprinkling the salt & spice between, & pour the vinegar cold over them [illegible]

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Pickles Cucumber Catsup. Pare, & cut your cucumbers in small slices, add one third as many onions sliced very thin. Salt them plentifully, & mix well together. Let them stand for 5 or 6 hours, then put them on a sieve to drain, To 2 gals cucumbers, put 2 tablespoonfuls ground black pepper, alspice & cloves to your tast 1/2 pt sweet oil, 1/4 lb ground mustard, & as much vinegar, as will cover them. Stop your jar very closely, & keep it in a cool place, make late in the Another cucumber catsup. Make as late in the season as you can. Pare & grate them with a bread grater. Grate also 2 onions to each doz cucumbers. Season with pepper salt, & vinegar to your taste. Then bottle, & cork tight, & keep in a cool dry place until danger of freezing. Ripe tomato pickle. To 1 peck tomatoes, 2 lbs sugar 1/2 lb ginger pounded, 1/2 lb salt, 1/4 lb alspice, 1/4 lb cloves, 1 doz onions, 3 pts vinegar. Slice without peeling or scalding, put them in layers, sprinkling the salt & spice between, & pour the vinegar cold over them [illegible]