Alum Recipes Page 3

Recipes Featuring Alum

• Large Cucumbers
  100 cucumbers 1 pint salt Alum the size of a nutmeg Pickle
• Cantaloupe Pickle
  1 lb ripe melons Alum Ginger tea 3/4 lb loaf sugar Mace Cinnamon White ginger Cider vinegar
• A Chow-chow of Pickles
  1 gallon vinegar 1/2 lb English mustard 1/4 lb powdered ginger 1/4 lb white pepper 1/4 lb of curry powder 2 ounces turmeric 2 heads of cauliflower 50 small-size cucumbers 1 quart nasturtiums
• Sliced Cucumber Pickles
  1 gallon medium-sized cucumbers, sliced Handful of salt Cider vinegar Piece of alum as large as a walnut 4 ounces horseradish root, finely cut 1 tsp mustard 1 tsp cloves, ground 1 tsp cinnamon
• Rose Cake | 12 eggs, leaving out the whites of 3
  12 eggs, leaving out the whites of 3 1 lb flour 1 lb sugar 3/4 lb butter 2 tsps cream of tartar 2 tsps powdered alum 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsps cochineal, dissolved in 1/3 cup boiling water
• Potato Chips
  Potatoes 2 teaspoons of powdered alum to a gallon of water Lard
• Cucumber Sweet Pickle
  4 lbs cucumbers Salt Alum Ginger tea 1 pint water 1 quart vinegar 3 lbs sugar Cloves Mace Cinnamon
• 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
• 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
• Citron Preserves
  Citron Hickory nut