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Chili 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 3 ingredients

  1. 1 quart of chili peppers
  2. a quart of vinegar
  3. a tablespoon of salt

Method

  1. Out finely 1 quart of chili peppers, or any kind of ripe red peppers.
  2. Add a quart of vinegar and a tablespoon of salt;
  3. let it stand for a week, stirring daily;
  4. then strain and bottle for use.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Wooden spoon
  • 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.