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Spanish Pickle

Ingredients

• 4 heads of cabbage
• 1 peck of green tomatoes
• 12 large cucumbers
• 6 sweet peppers (red)
• 6 sweet peppers (green)
• 1 quart of small white onions
• 6 bunches of celery
• 100 small cucumber pickles

Instructions

Cut cabbage, green tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and onions in small pieces, and let stand in brine over night; wash in cold water, and drain. Cut celery in small pieces.

Dressing for the Pickle

• 2 gallons of good cider vinegar
• 5 pounds of brown sugar
• 5 cents worth of turmeric
• 5 cents worth of white mustard seed
• 1/2 pound of ground mustard
• 1/2 cup of flour
• 1 tablespoon of whole cloves
• 1 tablespoon of stick cinnamon

Instructions

Let the vinegar, sugar, and all the spices come to boiling point; add the chopped vegetables, and cucumber pickles that have been in brine over night. Cook one-half hour; then add the turmeric, ground mustard and flour mixed to a paste; cook five minutes longer. Bottle, and eat when your stomach craves it.

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Notes

Attributed to Mrs. W. H. Eckhart.

Source

Recipes Tried and True (1894).

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