Choice Receipts : selected from the best manuscript authorities.

Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Choice Receipts : selected from the best manuscript authorities. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    uppermost, and keep them covered with the best vin- egar. Stuffing for forty melons.—One pound of white raw ginger to be washed and boiling water poured upon it; let it stand twenty-four hours, then slice it thin and dry it; one pound of horse-radish, scraped and dried, one pound of mustard seed, washed and dried, one pound of chopped onions, one ounce of mace, one ounce of nutmeg, pounded fine, two ounces of tumeric, and a handful of black pepper corns; make these in- gredients into a paste with one-quarter of a pound of ground mustard, and half a pint of sweet oil. Spiced, Currants.—Five pounds of currants, four pounds of brown sugar, one pint of vinegar; add whole cloves and cinnamon to taste ; simmer together one hour. Pickled Oysters.—A gallon of solid oysters, put into a colander to drain ; put the oysters into a bowl of salt and water, enough to cover them ; take immedi- ately out; measure the liquor and add to it as much vinegar as liquor ; a tablespoonful of pepper corns, one of cloves, one of salt, a small teaspoon of mace ; boil about five minutes; pour on the oysters ; cover and let stand.