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Condiments Whortleberry Catsup (aka: Huckleberry)

whortleberry catsup (aka: huckleberry)
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(from The Housekeeper's Encyclopedia of Useful Information for the Housekeeper, by E. F. Haskell, 1861)

Ingredients:

Whortleberries (aka: Huckleberries)​
Mace​
Cinnamon​
White mustard seed​
Ginger​
Pepper​
Sugar​
Citric acid​
Vinegar or wine, if necessary​

Instructions:

Add to every gallon of fruit two quarts of boiling water; let it stand all night; in the morning draw off the juice; pass the pulp through a sieve; add to each gallon of the liquor a teaspoonful of each of the following spices: mace, cinnamon, white mustard, ginger, pepper; boil one hour gently; strain off the liquor; add to every quart half a pound of sugar; stir in the pulp; and boil it in the spiced juice; dissolve a teaspoon of the citric acid in a little of the juice reserved for the purpose; add it to the catsup, and if too thick thin with vinegar or wine.​


Artwork by Pearson Scott Foresman, Public Domain
 
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