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Mangoes

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.

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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. To a three-gallon jar of mangoes prepared for the vinegar, take: 1 teacup black pepper.
  2. 1 ounce allspice.
  3. ½ ounce ginger.
  4. ½ ounce mace.
  5. ½ ounce cloves, beat well, but not fine.
  6. Take one head of raw cabbage.
  7. 8 onions.
  8. 2 teacups of horseradish.
  9. 1 quart of mustard-seed.
  10. Take half the beaten spices, and mix with the latter ingredients, also three cups of brown sugar;
  11. besides, put one teaspoonful brown sugar in each mango before you put in the stuffing.
  12. It takes five pounds of sugar for a three-gallon jar.
  13. The balance of the sugar mix with the spice and vinegar enough to cover the pickle.--Mrs.
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