yellow pickle
(from Housekeeping in the Blue Grass, by the Paris Ladies of the Presbyterian Church, 1875)
Ingredients:
(from Housekeeping in the Blue Grass, by the Paris Ladies of the Presbyterian Church, 1875)
Ingredients:
18 cucumbers sliced lengthwise
18 onions
4 heads of cabbage sliced
salt
ground cinnamon
cloves
ginger
pepper
white & black mustard
mace to taste
turmeric
two gallons of vinegar
two cups of sugar
Instructions:
One and one half dozen cucumbers sliced lengthwise, and one and one half dozen onions, four heads of cabbage sliced; put in a basket a layer of each, then a layer of salt; hang up to drip twenty-four hours; ground cinnamon, cloves, ginger, pepper, white and black mustard, mace to taste; turmeric enough to color; two gallons of vinegar, two cups of sugar; boil sugar and vinegar together, pour over four mornings.
--Mrs. Morris Gass
Several years ago, I purchased a recipe book published in 1876 entitled "Housekeeping In The Bluegrass." The book fills the pages with old recipes and several handwritten ones that demand full attention.
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