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Julie M. Clagett cookbook, 1908-1914

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American Chow Chow
Slice equal quantities green peppers, cucumbers + green tomatoes, (taking the seeds from the peppers).  Cut them in separate [illegible], with a little salt sprinkled among each, to abstract the strong taste from them.  Next morning drain them well, + put them together in a stone jar, [illegible] each layer with ground blk pepper, scraped horse radish, a little [illegible] celery seed + sliced onions, also a very little sugar. Cover them with cold vinegar.
Hot Pot Pickle
Boil in 2 qts vinegar, a 1/4 lb salt, 2 oz shallots, or garlic, 2 oz ginger, 1 oz pepper, 1 of yellow mustard [illegible], + 1/4 oz cayenne pepper.  Put it in a jar that will hold 2 qts, add 2 oz allspice, + pour on it the hot pickle.  When cold put in any kind of pickle you may have ready.  Slice sweet pickle peaches. To 2 lbs sliced fruit, 1/2 lb sugar, 1/2 pt vinegar, Boil the vinegar + sugar, + [illegible], then add spices to your ladle, + [illegible] boiling hot over the peaches in a jar.  Scald + pour over the vinegar 6 or 8 [illegible], or boil the peaches in the syrup.

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American Chow Chow Slice equal quantities green peppers, cucumbers + green tomatoes, (taking the seeds from the peppers). Cut them in separate [illegible], with a little salt sprinkled among each, to abstract the strong taste from them. Next morning drain them well, + put them together in a stone jar, [illegible] each layer with ground blk pepper, scraped horse radish, a little [illegible] celery seed + sliced onions, also a very little sugar. Cover them with cold vinegar. Hot Pot Pickle Boil in 2 qts vinegar, a 1/4 lb salt, 2 oz shallots, or garlic, 2 oz ginger, 1 oz pepper, 1 of yellow mustard [illegible], + 1/4 oz cayenne pepper. Put it in a jar that will hold 2 qts, add 2 oz allspice, + pour on it the hot pickle. When cold put in any kind of pickle you may have ready. Slice sweet pickle peaches. To 2 lbs sliced fruit, 1/2 lb sugar, 1/2 pt vinegar, Boil the vinegar + sugar, + [illegible], then add spices to your ladle, + [illegible] boiling hot over the peaches in a jar. Scald + pour over the vinegar 6 or 8 [illegible], or boil the peaches in the syrup.