The art and mystery of curing, preserving, and potting all kinds of meats, game, and fish : also the art of pickling and the preservation of fruits and vegetables adapted as well for the wholesale dealer as all housekeepers / by a wholesale curer of comestibles.

Date:
1864
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The art and mystery of curing, preserving, and potting all kinds of meats, game, and fish : also the art of pickling and the preservation of fruits and vegetables adapted as well for the wholesale dealer as all housekeepers / by a wholesale curer of comestibles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    enclosed in a piece of muslin rag and boiled ten mi- nutes with four quarts of white-wine vinegar. Make up the jar close vdth a bung, if it will admit of it, and put it on a hob by a fireside for ten days, agitating the contents three or foru’ times daily. Now see that the fi-uit is perfectly covered mth pickle, and secure the vessel vdth bladder and leather, and set it by for six months, by which-time the bitter taste will be dis- sipated. It must next be bottled for store, effected thus : Tiu’n the pickle and fruit into a hair sieve and press the liquor out into a large jug or jar, and on the next day pour the clear off from the lees through a muslin strainer into bottles, which should be corked well and the air excluded by sealing wax. You will still have remaining some sediment, upon which you may put half a pint of boiling rough cider or light \dnegar, for an inferior lemon pickle, to be kept apart from your best. Better than the first product is rarely made, and it is an estimable pickle, generally admitted. MANGOES. An excellent imitation may be made by any dex- trous person who wishes to excel in this branch. The cucumbers for this pickling must be gathered as soon as they have attained full growth, and the larger the better, but they must not be ripe or of a light yellow colour. Cut out a piece from the side of each and put them aside, take out nicely the seeds, and put both the cucumbers and the pieces which were taken from M