The sun., 1901-07-22
THE HOUSEWIVES CORNER.

soft ones: il white specks appear in the
vinegar. drain off and scald, adding Il
liberal handful Of sugar to each gallon
and pour again over the pickles; bits ,f
horseradish and few cloves assist in
preserving the life of the vinegar. If
mt AWAY in large stone jars. invert a
saucer over the top of the pickles. so as
to keep them we'll under the vinegar.
The incest way to put mp pickles Is
bottling, senling while hot, and keeping
in cool. dark place. Many think that
mustard seed improves pickles. "spcci-
ally chopped bottled. and mangoes, hut
,se it, as we'll aS horseradish and cloves
sparingly. Never put pickles in any
thing that has held any kind of grease.
and never let them freeze. Use an oakrn
tui or cask for pickles in brine, keep
them well under. and have more salt
Than will dissolve. SO that there will
always he plenty Mt the bottoni of. the
cask. The brine for pickles should b.
strong enough 10 bear IN egg; make il
in the proportion Of heaping PM af
coarse salt to gallon of water Use
coarse salt, nnd test pickles by tasting
before putting on vinegar dhey should
be Of il pleasant SaltnesS): if not salt
them to stand until they have acqni
the proper flavor II too salt. cover with
weak vinegar and et stand for two Or
either hot or cold according to recipe.
and finish as directed. In the case Of
kegs Of cucumlrrs kept IN brine for n
long time. to ht used when needed. il is
better to err in using too much salt, as
A.; Iii bn
vinegar. hnt il not sufficiently Salted tho
pickles will hc insip.d. In scallins.
cucnmbers pickles to green them. some
use cabbage leaves covering bottom.
sides nnd top of kettle A medium
spicing for n quart OF pickles is level
teaspoon Of peppercorns (wholc black
pcppersl. the same Of nilSpicp. table
spoon of broken stick cinnamon. half 4
teaspoon Of cloves. mustard seed. ol
horscradish chopped fine. and one picc,
Of ginger root. i'm inch long. If grount
cayennr pepper is used instead Of Who'll,
urpperS.. mn eighth Of n teaspoon j,
enongh :, hetter substitute for ncpper
curns is garden peppers cut IN rings. il
proportion OF two rings Of green m,
one ~ red without seeds. or a levcle'
teaspoon. when finely chopned.to II quar-
, hI pickles. ItSt HlHN ~
increased or decreased to suit the taste
taking care not to mt in SO much Of nm
one as to make its flavor predominant
: Ginger is the most wholesome ot tn
spiceS. Cloves are the strongest. mac
next. then allSpice md cinnamon. and
, ~ course. less Of the stronger should b
nscd. Pickles are not famous for whole
some uMalitieS. even when made wit
the grentnst care. hut il they must u
natrn. il il hest to make them mt home
Those Sold IN market are often colorrd
hcnutfnl green with snphatc Of conner
which Is deadly poison or are cooke
il hrne& or conner vessels. which nrt
,,nr"s the same result in m indirect wa,
!. cc..l'nr ~ parloiling articles TO Il
:. nicklrl makce thnm absorb tho yino"a
mnrn easily hut does not add 10 thn
/, criSpnneS Rnfarn nnttin. them in vim.
Gov nftnr narboi,ing. they should i" col
aud pnrfctlv drv Always nse stran
Vinegar. ~ tho nchlcs will he insni,
: aud il should he scaldin" hot whe
rnnrea on Ms raw vinegar Incomes ron
md docs not keen we'll ts hnatiu
I "eakouS H. vinegar for n"tles shoul
y" vn"v strnn". and should on'~ '
1 hro,,"ht ~ loilin" noint and immediate
il y. ponrcl nn nclllnr Keen nicklee FRO,
i, -" air. apd soc that tho vinc"ar Is
( ,"nst two nch"a over the ton nf n'ctl,
i IN tn" iar Nv" wnod"n snaau
2 la,'" ho,,d 10 used in hnu,l'in" ni"ll"
l. nni Il ~" an. one 'hot .shauld W
n .;,i'"" - thn i.,r" " tho rin"'.ar lns.
!. ,'e ,t..u"t,, II ahau,a 10 ""nlaccd hv COO
u 'nrra over Sealdn" hot.