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Green Tomato Pickle (French Pickle)

Ingredients

• 1 peck of green tomatoes
• 8 large white onions
• 6 green-bell peppers
• 1 pint of salt
• 1 quart of cider vinegar
• 1/2 pint of tarragon vinegar
• 1 pound of granulated sugar
• 1/2 pound of yellow mustard seeds
• 4 bay leaves
• 1 ounce of stick cinnamon (broken in short lengths)
• 6 whole cloves

Instructions

Wash thoroughly the green tomatoes, onions and peppers. Remove the seeds from the peppers. Slice all the vegetables very thin. Put them in a stone jar; sprinkle salt over them, add a pint of cold water. Cover them with a napkin and let stand overnight.

In the morning put as much of the pickle as it will hold in a colander; let cold water run over; drain the vegetables a moment, then turn them from the colander into a large preserving kettle. Repeat the process till all are in the kettle. Then add cider vinegar, tarragon vinegar, sugar, mustard seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves and stand the kettle over a slow fire and let the whole simmer for an hour with the cover of the kettle drawn back two inches. Stir the mixture frequently. At the end of the hour put the pickle in a stone crock or in glass jars.

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Source

The International Jewish Cook Book (1919).