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Celery, or French Pickle

Ingredients

• 1 gallon of chopped (very fine) cabbage
• 1 gallon of celery
• 1 gallon of sweet peppers
• salt
• 1 pint of white mustard seed (not ground)
• 4 pints of sugar
• hot peppers
• 1 gallon of good cider vinegar

Instructions

Pour 1 cupful of salt over peppers after being chopped. Mix well; let stand two hours; wash thoroughly till water is clear to prevent coloring cabbage and celery. Mix together cabbage, celery, and peppers; to this add 1 tablespoonful of salt, white mustard seed (not ground), sugar, hot peppers to suit the taste. Put in jars for immediate use; in sealed cans to keep. Before putting away, add cider vinegar, cold.

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Notes

Attributed to Mrs. F. E. Blake.

Source

Recipes Tried and True (1894)

Categories

Pickles.