Recipes Featuring Brine
- East India Pickle
For the pickle:
Small cucumbers
Very small white onions
Snap beans
Gherkins
White cabbage, quartered
Plums
Peaches
Pears
Lemons
Green tomatoes
Spices for 5 gallons of pickle:
2 ounces ma - Pickled Butternuts and Walnuts
100 butternuts and walnuts
Brine
1 ounce black pepper
1 ounce ginger root
1/2 ounce cloves
1/2 ounce mace
1/2 ounce nutmeg
2 large spoonfuls mustard seed
1 gallon cider vinegar
- Green Pickle | Cucumbers, snaps, etc
Cucumbers, snaps, etc
Brine
Grape leaves
Weak vinegar
2 tsps powdered alum
Cider vinegar
Seasoning:
2 ounces mace
1/2 lb ginger, scalded & sliced
2 ounces cloves
2 ounces cinnamon
2 ounce - Boiled Cucumber Pickle
Cucumbers
Brine
Vinegar
Allspice
Cloves
Mace
Nutmeg
Whole black pepper
Celery seed
Onion, finely chopped
Brown sugar (about 8 lbs to a large jar) - Lemon Marmalade | 6 lbs lemon peel
6 lbs lemon peel
Brine
9 lbs sugar
1 quart water
3 lbs pippins, sliced - Sliced Orange Preserves
Large, firm oranges, not quite ripe
Brine
Sugar
- Sliced Lemon Preserves
Large, firm lemons, not quite ripe
Brine
Sugar
- Watermelon Preserves
Cantaloupes, peeled & sliced
Brine
Watermelon rinds
Sugar
Juice of 12 lemons
Rind of 12 lemons, grated
- Sweetmeat Preserves
3 gallons rind
Brine
Grape leaves
4 Tbsps pulverized alum
1/2 lb white ginger
1 ounce mace
Sugar
- To Green Mangoes
Mangoes
Brine
Grape vine leaves
Alum
