Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Tomato Pickles


Recipe for tomato pickles:

1 pk. tomatoes ??
1 cup salt
Stand overnight, drain

Boil tomatoes in 2 qts water and 1 qt vinegar 15 minutes

Drain, then take
5 qts vinegar
2 lbs brown sugar
1/2 lb white mustard seed
2 tablespoons ground allspice
2 tablespoons ground cloves
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 tablespoons ground mustard
2 green peppers cut in strips

Put all into a porcelain kettle and cook 15 minutes and ?? ?? in loose.


Found in "Lowney's Cook Book" prepared by Maria Willett Howard. Published by Lowney's, 1921.


4 comments:

  1. 1 pk tomatoes sliced is how I read that first line

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  2. Hi! I think I can help with the ???.

    1.) 1 peck tomatoes, "sliced"

    2.) "put spices" in loose i.e. not in a packet like a bouquet garni.

    I love this blog! Hope this helps. :)

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  3. I think that last word is spices...put spices in loose (as opposed to in a bundle of cheese cloth as is frequently done with pickling spices) But then again I am probably wrong.... But it looks like a great recipe and a way to use up the tail end of the garden and tomatoes.

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  4. Yes, it's peck. How wonderful to gather recipes that my grandmother used. Going to pass this on to family members

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