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French Pickles— Delicious

From The people's cook book. Being a collection of nearly one thousand valuable cooking recipes (1882).

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A historical recipe

The people's cook book. Being a collection of nearly one thousand valuable cooking recipes , by Taylor, Jennie, Mrs., comp (1882).

France

Known as a French 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 7 ingredients

  1. one quart of sliced onions
  2. one-half ounce of allspice
  3. one teacupful of black pepper
  4. one tablespoonful turmeric
  5. one pound of brown sugar
  6. two tablespoonfuls of mustard
  7. one gallon of vinegar

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. One colander of sliced green tomatoes, one quart of sliced onions, one colander of cucumbers, pared and sliced, two good handfuls of salt;
  2. let all stand twenty-four hours, then drain through a sieve;
  3. one- half onnce of celery seed, one-half ounce of allspice, one teacupful of black pepper, one tablespoonful turmeric, one pound of brown sugar, two tablespoonfuls of mustard, one gallon of vinegar.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Sieve
  • Colander
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Credit

From The people's cook book. Being a collection of nearly one thousand valuable cooking recipes (1882), printed page 165, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/peoplescookbookb00tayl

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.