Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-20

Juice into the sugar. Stir quickly, re-
move the froth, and as soon as the sugar
is all dissolved pour it into the glasses.
1t will thicken Immediately.
Green Sliced Tomato Pckle-Talle one
peck of tomatoes, slice them, sprinkle
salt over them and let them stand twen-
tyfour hours, strain the water of. Take
eight onions, quarter of Il pound of black
onion seed, one ounce OF celery seed, one
of allspice, one of black pepper. one
small box of mustard. one tablespoon of
mace. Mix all the spices together. Place
layer of tomatoes. onions and spices
until you fill your kettle. Add vinegar
to cover and boil until they are tender
and clear.
Chopped Pickle-One peek of green
tomatoes chopped fine; sprinkle with
salt and let them stand over night. Take
four peppers. two onions, two tablespoon
fuls of whole cloves. and two of allspice,
two sticks of cinnamon, four ounces of
white mustard seed. two tablespoonfuls
celery seed, two teacups of salt, two cab
bages chopped fine, two caulitlowers
picked fine from the stalk. Boil the cab
hage and cauliflower together in a little
vinegar, then put in all the ingredients,
and boil ten minutes, drain and cover
with cold vinegar.
Picked Cucumbers-Wash and wipe
the cucumbers and place in IA cold jar.
To one gallon of the best cider vinegar
add one teacup of salt, two red peppers
cut fine, one-fourth of a pound of white
mustard seed, a quarter of an ounce of
ginger root, a piece of alum the size of
butternut, teacupful of horseradish
root, not grated; other spices may be
added if desired. Bring the ingredients
to a boil. Pour over the cucumbers.
Cover closely.
Sweet Pickle-Seven pounds of ripe
tomatoes peeled and sliced, three and
one-half pounds of sugar, one ounce of
cinnamon and mace mixed, one ounce of
cloves and one quart of vinegar. Mix
all together and stew an hour.
Chilli Sauce-Ten ripe tomatoes peeled,
three onions chopped fine, six green pep
pers chopped, one quart of vinegar, one
tablespoonful salt and one of sugar.
Boil slowly an hour and half.
Tomato Catsup-Peel one peek of ripe
tomatoes. boil and strain: add one pint
of vinegar, one heaping tablespoonful of
each of all kinds of spices, one teaspoon
full of black pepper, one-half teaspoonful
of cayenne pepper. Boil until thick.
Putting the Fruit in Cause.-The Gamer
always cooks the fruit in the can. The
housekeeper usually cooks it first and
puts it in the can afterwards, though it
can be cooked in the can and many pre-
fer it in that way. The Gamer fills his
can with the fruit and syrup, soldiers ON
the cap and then puts it in the ''bath, "
where it is cooked by steam; then he
punctures hole in one end to let out the
gas generated and the heated air, for air
expands with heat, you know; then the
hole is quickly sealed with solder and the
process is over. If the housckeepcr
cooks the fruit in the can, she gencr-
ally uses "A wash boiler in which the glass
cans are set. having first been filled with
cut fruit and syrup. The boiler has
enough water to come up to the ncckS of
the cans. and these are not put in till the
t,.t, i 4 h,,, nd ...t
is put in for them to set on. and they are
wrapped in cloth or hay is put in to keep
them from hitting each other. The tops
are partly screwed on and on them is put
Il board with weight to keep them from
floating about in the water. After the
fruit has been thoroughly cOoked-the
time is a matter of fancy after boiling
has actually begun-takc out the cans
with great care and instantly screw down
the tops. \ draft in the room may
break the glass and it is best to keep the
contents shrink on cooling just as they
do in the tin cans, and the Sem-vacuum
left on top protects the fruit. 1t is the
tendency of the air outside to get at this
vacuum that finds out any holes. how
ever tiny about the cover or in the glass
Therefore it is wise to select cans with
out flaws. The rubber rings are the
most dangerous part of the cans, for
rubber will get hard in time, and then it
will not ill the interstices. The prudent
housewife buys new rubber rings every
year and finds it economy.