The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-08
SOMETHING
ABOUT PIcKLING

Chow Chow Pickles.-For chow chow
it is best to use the small cucumber
pickles which should be soaked in a
brine for three days, then boiled in half
II gallon of vinegar one ounce white mus
tard seed, one ounce juniper berries AMI
one Of celery seed tie each separately III
| little swiss bags, one handful of little
green peppers, two handfuls of small
onions, two pounds of brown sugar aud
| IL piece of alum, size Of a nutmeg. Pour
the vinegar while hot over the cucu,nl"rS.
let stand Il day, repeating the operation
; three or four mornings. Mix one-quartrr
| of IL pound of mustard with the vinegar
! the last morning and seal it up i'll bot.
| ties.
h >, Chow Chow.--One peck Of green toma
toes, half a peck Of string beans, one.
! quarter: Of a peck OF oniea,s, one-q'lartr
| Of Il peck green and red peppers. two
large heads Of cabbage, four tablespoon
| fuls white mustard, two of black cloves
! two Of celery seed, two of allspicr, one
| small box of yellow mustard, two fine
| heads of cnulitiowcr and one ounce of
| t,lrmerir. Slice the tomatoes and let
| them stand over night in brine, then
| squeeze out the brine and chop the other
| ingredients fine. mix with the spices,
| cook in Il porcelain kettle in vinegar for
| three hours, after which bottle in air
tight Jars.
| Tomato pckltS--parc ripe, sound to-
matnrS and put into a jar scald some
! spices and peppers tied in Il bag in VIM
! gar then pour the vinegar. while hot.
J over the Tomatoes. Put in jars and seal
! for winter use.
] Sweet pickles may he made of any
fruit that can bc preserved. The proper
ton of sugar to vinegar for syrup is three
pints to quart
Watermelon rickle.--A delightful re.
lish. popular in the South. is watermelon
pickle. Pare off carefully the green part
of the rind of the watermelon, trim off
/ the red core. cut in pieces two inches i'll
length. Cook in a porcrlain-lincd k"tt'H,
in the proportion Of one gallon of rind
and two hrHping Irresponsible Of salt aud
water to cover. boil and then pour into a
coanirr to drain. and dry by taking the
| pieces out by the hand and pressing With
| Il crash towel. Make II syrup Of ont,
| quart Of the best cider vinegar to three
| rints of sugar and pour over the lllni.
Let stand until it cools, and repeat the
operation each day until the fruit is the
same conr an the way through and the
syrup is thin. Set the jar on the back
| part of til" stove, take the Srnm of and
! put in jars with alright tops.
4 very tasty relish, mint vinegar is
made by putting into Il largr-mo'lt'"'i
bottle enough tr,:i' mint leaves to I'LL It
loosely. Fill up with :.uuG vinegar AMI
ST away 'ni two we. L. after which rrr,
| off into another bottle and keep well
cCrk,ul fnl use. This l. rXcrllrn: fu.
e 1T IL,ats when luint cannot he %
| tain,M.
| Chill Sauce. Fake q. hteen rip to-
| mators. six onions and three green Dp-
pcrs. one cup of sugar. two cups and a
half of vinegar. two t"aspoonfulS of salt,
one tcaspoonfnl each Of cinnamon, all
spice mltmegs and cloves, scald and
| peel The tomatoes and soak with the
onions and peppers until tender. then
| add the sugar, vinegar and spices and
cook ton minutes longer.
rirklrd Nasturtillml-t'a1hc the mas
tnrtl,m seeds when they are small and
i green. Remove the stems and let them
| stand in snllnd water over night. then
fr.shcn in cold water, pack in small
! bottles and cover with boiling vinegar.
!
| good substitute for capers in any mixed
| pickle receipt.
Use the very best cider vinegar. and r.
| it is very sharp, dilute with one-thild
water.
Alum helps 10 make the pickles crisp
and he, srrndih prevents the vinegar
| from Incoming mouhly.
All pickles keep best il put into small
glass lars securely sealed.
Pickles should he well sailed in strong
brine, Or they will be tnst. less and in
sirid.
Always cook in a porcelain kettle never
in metal.
Ginger is the most wholesome of tn"
spices: cloves are the strongest, mac"
newt and then cinnamon.
Keep pickles from the air and soc that
the vinegar is Mt least two inches over
the tol, Of the pickles in thu lar,
TIE HOUSEWIFE.