Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes

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Sauces, Catsups, And Pickles

31 receipts in this part of Practical Receipts and Processes.

Italian Tamara

Coriander seed, cloves, and cinnamon, of each 8 ounces; anise and fennel seeds, of each 4 pounds; mix.

Bengal Chutney

Chillies, 12 auces, Catsups, and Pic- kles. The following receipts are red tamarinds, 2 pounds; sugar candy, 1 pounds; unripe mangoes (or…

Soy

The pure article is imported sweet marjoram, and sweet basil, of each 1 Herbs. Take of lemon thyme, winter savory, from China, but an…

Tincture of Savory Spices

white wine vinegar to make up a pint. Kitchener's Sauce Superlative. 1 ounce; ground cloves, cassia…

To Make Quin Sauce

Mix used, as salt, vegetable juices and vinegar rapcorrode copper, and render the results mushroom catsup, 1 gallon soy, 1 pound gar…

Worcestershire Sauce

Mix to-iting, colic, and diarrhea have resulted from pleasant and even dangerous attacks of vomgether 1½ gallons white wine vinegar, 1…

Mushroom Catsup

Lay alter- Lay alterfor 3 days, stirring every morning. Next strain, and to every quart of the juice add ounce each allspice and ginger, &…

Indian Curry

The true Indian hour; let it stand over night in a cool place curry is said to be thus made: Coriander to settle. Decant the clear liquor…

Curry Vinegar

Infuse 3 ounces curry powder in 1 quart vinegar, near the fire,

Tomato Catsup (Take peck cayenne ounce soy)

Take 1 peck cayenne, 1/2 ounce; soy, 2 table-spoonfuls; ripe tomatoes, cut a slit in them, and put port wine, 2 glasses; 3 anchovies, and 1…

Tomato Catsup (Cut bushel tomatoes to pieces)

Cut 1/2 bushel tomatoes to pieces, and boil them in their own liquor until soft; strain and press through a hair-sieve to separate the…

Walnut Catsup

Take young, berry Syrup. Mix together 2 pints rasptender walnuts, prick them in several places, berry syrup and 1/2 fluid ounce acetic…

Tarragon Vinegar

Put fresh tarragon leaves into a stone jar, and pour on them a sufficient quantity of the best wine pounds; fresh parsley, chervil, celery…

Table Mustard

Mix 8 spoonfuls of flour of mustard with 2 of salt and 9 of water. Mix to a smooth paste, add 6 spoonfuls more water, and mix. 1785. Le…

Soyer's Table Mustard

Steep mustard seed in twice its bulk of distilled ounces of the scraped root, 1 ounce of minced shallots, 1 drachm cayenne, to 1 quart…

Moutarde Superbe

Take of this and set them on the hearth before the salt, 1½ pounds; scraped horseradish, 1 pound; fire for 2 or 3 days, till they turn…

To Make Cayenne Pepper

This is prepared from the pods of the Chili or bird-pepper. The ripe pods, dried in the sun, are placed in layers with wheaten flour in a…

Pickled Onions (Let them lie in strong salt)

Let them lie in strong salt and water for 2 weeks; then take them out and peel them; put them in fresh salt and water for 2 weeks more…

Pickled Onions (Peel small silver button)

Peel small silver button onions, and throw them into a stew-pan of boiling water; as soon as they look clear, take them out with a…

Pickled Peppers

Soak fresh hard peppers in salt and water for 9 days, in

Pickles

In making pickles, use none but the best cider vinegar. Never keep pickles in glazed earthenware, but in glass or hard stoneware, and well…

Beetroot Pickles

Simmer the improving and blending. (See No. 1766.) roots till 3 parts done (from 1 to 24 hours); 1791. Spiced Vinegar for Pickles then take…

Pickled Cauliflower

These should be sliced, and salted for 2 or 3 days, then drained, and spread upon a dry cloth before the fire for 24 hours; after which…

Pickled Cucumbers

Gherkins. earthen pan, sprinkle with salt, and let it lie Small cucumbers, but not too young, are for 2 days; then drain and spread it out…

Pickled Red Cabbage

Remove them up close for use. Or cover them with the outer leaves and stalks, and cut the cabsalt and water (as above) in a stone jar…

Pickled Mushrooms

Clean the mushrooms with water and flannel, throw them into boiling salt and water in a stewpan, and boil for a few minutes. Drain them in…

Preparation of Brewers' Yeast

To do this, 72 pounds unkilned malt and a handful of hops are gradually stirred in a clean tub containing 7 gallons water of 170° Fahr…

Pickled Tomatoes

Tomatoes cooled rapidly, which is done by setting in are pickled in the same manner as cucumbers. cans filled…

Imitation Pickled Mangoes

Large cucumbers, or small melons, are split so that a marrow-spoon may be introduced, and the seeds scooped out; they are then parboiled in…

Yeast for Hot Climates

Boil Digest these near the fire, as directed in No. 2 ounces of the best hops in 4 quarts water 1791 for spiced vinegar. Put into a jar…

Mixed Pickle

Take 1 pound ginger-root and 1/2 pound garlic (both previously salted and dried), 2 gallons vinegar, 1/2 ounce turmeric, and pound long…

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