Sweet Pickles

From Mrs. Lee.

Ingredients

• 1 gal vinegar
• ½ C grated horseradish
• ½ C ground mustard
• ½ C sugar
• 2 T alum
• 2 T cinnamon
• 1 T cloves, allspice
• 1 C salt
• 1 t sachrine

Directions

1. Pour boiling water over cukes
2. ↓ let stand till cold. Drain,
3. Pour cold (try boiling) mixture over them and seal.
4. mixture over them + seal.

Temperature

• boiling water; stand till cold; Pour cold mixture; try boiling

Equipment

• large water-boiling vessel; draining and drying setup; jars and closures; mixture vessel; pouring utensil

Notes

• try boiling

Needs review

Uncertain ingredient after sugar: Handwriting appears to read “allison,” but ingredient may be “allspice.” Candidates: “allison”, “allspice”.

Uncertain parenthetical instruction after “Pour cold”: Parenthetical wording is difficult to read. Candidates: “(vinegar boiling)”, “(vinegar boiled)”.

Uncertain uncertainties: alum; try boiling; unclear quantity allocation for cloves and allspice Candidates: “alum; try boiling; unclear quantity allocation for cloves and allspice”.