Alum Recipes Page 2

Recipes Featuring Alum

• Pickled Cucumbers | Cucumbers
  Cucumbers Salt Green cabbage leaves Green ginger root, sliced Cloves of garlic Blades of mace Cider vinegar Whole cloves Allspice Alum
• Sweetmeat Preserves
  3 gallons rind Brine Grape leaves 4 Tbsps pulverized alum 1/2 lb white ginger 1 ounce mace Sugar
• Ripe Muskmelon Preserves
  Muskmelons, peeled & sliced Salt Alum Ginger tea Sugar Mace Sliced ginger or lemons
• Shakers' Pickles
  Half-grown cucumbers Salt Alum Vinegar Spices
• Pickled Cucumbers | 100 small cucumbers
  100 small cucumbers 1 pint salt 1 piece alum the size of a nutmeg Boiling water Mustard seed Whole allspice Root of horseradish, grated or cut in thin strips Small red peppers Vinegar, boiling
• Crab Apple Preserves
  Crab apples, peeled & cored Alum Sugar
• Large Cucumbers
  100 cucumbers 1 pint salt Alum the size of a nutmeg Pickle
• Baker's Gingerbread
  1 quart of molasses 2 teaspoonful of saleratus 1 pint of sweet milk 1/2 pound of melted butter 3 ounces of ginger Alum the size of a cherry Flour
• Watermelon Rind Preserve
  Watermelon rind, cut into pieces Granulated sugar Vine leaves Alum Egg whites, beaten Lemon juice
• Green Pickle | Pickles
  Pickles Brine Weak vinegar Powdered alum 1 gallon cider vinegar 3 lbs brown sugar 1 Tbsp ground allspice 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon 1 Tbsp ground ginger 1 Tbsp ground black pepper 20 drops oil o