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Green Tomato Pickle

A historical recipe from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878).

A historical recipe

Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Project Gutenberg eBook #42450.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: preserving or pickling. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.

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From Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42450 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42450). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. One peck tomatoes sliced.
  2. One dozen onions.
  3. Sprinkle with salt, and lay by twenty-four hours;
  4. then drain them.
  5. 3 pounds sugar to one gallon vinegar.
  6. 1½ ounces ground pepper.
  7. 1 ounce whole cloves.
  8. 1 ounce mustard-seed.
  9. 1 ounce allspice.
  10. 1 cup mustard, mixed.
  11. Put all in a kettle, with vinegar enough to cover;
  12. boil till tender.--Mrs.
  13. S.
  14. B.