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Cayenne Vinegar

From The household cook book (1902).

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A historical recipe

The household cook book, by Smiley, James B[ethuel], [from old catalog] ed (1902).

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 2 cups vinegar
  2. 1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper

Method

  1. Put into a glass bottle 2 cups vinegar and 1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper, let stand 4 weeks, strain and bottle for use.
  2. It is useful for gargling sore throats, as well as for seasoning soups and sauces;
  3. but very little is needed at a time.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Sieve
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Credit

From The household cook book (1902), printed page 109, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/householdcookboo00smil

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.