Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes

Christine Terhune Herrick's 1905 subscription set, Books Three and Four complete - soup stock to cheese straws, with the famous chefs of the United States listed on the title page.

Pickle Relishes

14 recipes in this part of Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes.

Chow-Chow

1 head cauliflower broken fine, 1 head cabbage, sliced, 6 peppers, chopped, 6 small onions, sliced. Boil all together in salt water until…

Stuffed Peppers

Cut a slice from the stem end of 6 sweet green peppers; remove all seeds and soak them in cold water two hours, changing the water twice…

Indian Chutney

Boil together a pint of good vinegar with half a pound of sour, unripe apples, peeled, cored, and quartered. When pulped and cool, add…

Piccalilli

1 quart green tomatoes, 1 quart of onions, 1 good-sized cabbage, 15 medium-sized peppers; chop very fine and mix all together, salt well…

Pickled Walnuts

Scald the walnuts, which must be used for pickling before they have a hard shell. This scalding will enable you easily to rub off the skin…

Stuffed Mangoes

Take a melon of the sort generally used for pickling, first seeing that it is not quite ripe; cut off a slice from the top, and carefully…

Pickled Gherkins

Put the gherkins into a large stone jar, and cover them with brine strong enough to carry an egg. Place the cover on the jar, and leave it…

Pickled Onions (Mix a quarter of a pound)

Mix a quarter of a pound of Spanish onions, finely minced, with a quarter of a pound of chopped apples and an ounce of chopped chillis…

Watermelon Pickle

Cut the rind into small pieces and cover with cold water, to which add 1 tablespoonful salt. Let boil until it can be pierced with a fork…

Green Tomato Sweet Pickles

Take half a bushel of tomatoes, slice them, and sprinkle salt between the layers, and let them stand all night. Drain them. To 1 gallon of…

Sweet Pickled Pears or Peaches

6 pounds of fruit, 3 pounds of sugar, 1 quart of cider vinegar, 1 heaping teaspoonful of cloves, 2 heaping teaspoonfuls of cinnamon. Cook…

Chilli Sauce

24 ripe tomatoes, 8 onions, 12 green peppers, 4 tablespoonfuls salt, 8 tablespoonfuls sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls cinnamon, 4 teaspoonfuls…

Tomato Catsup

1 peck of tomatoes, 6 tablespoonfuls of salt, 4 tablespoonfuls of mustard, 2 tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, 1/2 tablespoonful of allspice, 1/2…

Spiced Tomatoes

3 pounds of ripe fruit, pared and sliced; 1 pint of vinegar, 1 quart of sugar; add spices to taste and boil to a jam. Nice for cold meats.

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