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RECIPES - JELLIES & PICKLES
ONE QUART RELISH
Nora Lively
Grind green tomatoes to make one quart. Sprinkle w tbls. salt over them and let stand while you grind enough of the following to make a quart of each: cabbage, unpeeled apples, onions, sweet red and green peppers.
Press out excess liquid and add
1 qt. vinegar
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tbls. mustard seed
1 tblsp celery seed
1 tbls. salt.
Mix all together and bring to boiling .point; simmer for five minutes and pack
into sterilized jars and seal.
BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES
Bess Mitchell
6 qts. overgrown sliced cucumbers
1 qt. sliced onions
1/2 c. salt.
Let stand 3 hrs then drain.
Add:
1/4 c, white mustard seed
6 c . sugar
1/2 gallon vinegar
Heat to simmering point and can.
LIME PICKLES
Mrs. Woodrow Woods
I gallon of cucumbers cut in rounds.
Soak in lime water 24 hours-(2 c.
lime in 1 gal. water).
Drain. Soak in clear water for 2 hours.
Wash all lime from cucumbers.
Bring to boil;
1 qt. vinegar
6 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt.
When boiling add cucumbers. Add mixed pickling spices and cook until tender.
This makes 5 pints.
RIPE TOMATO RELISH
Mrs. Woodrow Woods
Measure each item before chopping:
1 gal. ripe tomatoes
1/2 gal. onions
1 med. cabbage
Add:
1/2 gal. vinegar
2 tsp. white mustard seed
2 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. allspice
4 hot peppers
8 sweet peppers
1 c. sugar
Chop and mix all together, put in large pan and boil 40 minutes. Add 1
c. flour mixed with water. Boil 5 minutes can and seal.
SACCHARIN PICKLES
Ida Thompson
1 gal. vinegar
1 tsp. saccharin
1/2 c. mustard
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. salt
Cucumbers
1/2 c. mixed spices
Soak cucumbers in cold water over night. Pack in jars and pour the prepared
vinegar, spices etc. over them. Put a small piece of alum on top and seal.
SEVEN DAY PICKLES
Quince Dowell
2 gal. medium size cucumbers
1 pint bulk salt
1 gal. boiling water
Pour the salt-water solution over cucumbers and let stand 48 hours. Drain. Pour boiling water over again and let stand 24 hours. Drain and add 1 gal. boiling water and 2 tbsp. powdered alum. Let stand 24 hours and drain again.
Mix 2 1/2 qts. vinegar, 8 c. sugar, 5 sticks cinnamon, 1 tsp. celery seed.
Bring to boil and pour over cucumbers. For three mornings following drain,
reheat liquid and pour over cucumbers. Third time can.
SWEET PEPPER RELISH Mertie Wright
2 gal. sliced green tomatoes
9 green and 9 ripe sweet peppers
11 medium onions
Put all through food chopper. Drain overnight. In morning add
to chopped vegetables;
5 c. cider vinegar
4 c. sugar
5 tbsp. celery seed
3 tbsp. salt
Cook together several minutes and seal while hot.
TOMATO CATSUP Margaret Rankin
2 gal. tomato pulp
1/2 c. salt
2 med. onions
2 c. vinegar
2 cloves garlic
1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 c. mixed spices
2 sweet peppers
1 1/2 tsp. black pepper
2 c. Light brown sugar
1 tsp. red pepper
2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. horseradish
Place diced onions, garlic, mixed spices and diced
peppers in cloth bag. Place in tomato pulp and cook rapidly for 30
minutes. Add remaining ingredients and cook thirty minutes longer. Yields 16 to
18 pints.
DILL PICKLES
Edna McCamey
In the bottom of fruit jar place a grape leaf and 8 stem of dill. Fill jar with cucumbers that have been washed well, either full length cukes or cut into 1 1/2 in. lengths. On top of cukes, place a slice of onion, another length of dill and another grape leaf. Make a brine by bringing to boll
5 pints of water
1 pint vinegar and
1/2 c. salt.
Pour this boiling mixture over the cucumbers and seal.
VIRGINIA PICKLES
Mrs. Woodrow Woods
Wash 1 peck of cucumbers, and put into a brine made of 2 c. salt to each gallon of water; let stand 1 week, then drain and pour boiling water over the cucumbers and let stand 24 hours. Drain cut cucumbers into halves, or leave whole if small. Dissolve 1 tbsp. pulverized alum in boiling water, and pour over cucumbers and let stand 24 hours. Drain well, and put into jars. Make a mixture of 2 1/2 qts. vinegar, 6 c. granulated sugar, 1/3 c. cassia buds, 1 tbsp. celery seed and boil until sugar is dissolved, and pour over pickles. You may used mixed spices instead of the seeds if you prefer. Next day pour up and reheat syrup and add 3 c. sugar, pour over pickles. Third day after first adding syrup, pour up add 2 c. sugar, reheat. When hot pour over the pickles and seal hot.