Bread and Butter Pickles
Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.
Brown-sugar, green-pepper, and horseradish formula
Decorative Recipe Tin brown-sugar card
Ingredients
- small sliced cucumbers
- one green pepper sliced
- one onion, sliced
- 1/2 C of salt
- one C brown sugar
- one T mustard seed
- one T grated horseradish or celery seed
- enough vinegar to cover
Directions
- To every qt of small sliced cucumbers, add one green pepper sliced and one onion, sliced.
- To every five qts of mixture. add 1/2 C of salt and let stand 3 hrs drain.
- To each qt. add one C brown sugar one T mustard seed one T grated horseradish or celery seed and enough vinegar to cover.
- Bring to a boil & bottle immediately.
Timing: let stand 3 hrs; bottle immediately
Temperature: Bring to a boil
Equipment: slicing tools and surface, measuring tools, mixing and standing vessel, draining vessel, cooking pot, stirring utensil, heat card, bottles or jars and closures
As written
Bread & Butter Pickles small sliced cucumbers one green pepper sliced one onion, sliced 1/2 C of salt one C brown sugar one T mustard seed one T grated horseradish or celery seed enough vinegar to cover To every qt of small sliced cucumbers, add one green pepper sliced and one onion, sliced. To every five qts of mixture. add 1/2 C of salt and let stand 3 hrs drain. To each qt. add one C brown sugar one T mustard seed one T grated horseradish or celery seed and enough vinegar to cover. Bring to a boil & bottle immediately. let stand 3 hrs; bottle immediately Bring to a boil slicing tools and surface, measuring tools, mixing and standing vessel, draining vessel, cooking pot, stirring utensil, heat card, bottles or jars and closures
Water, white-sugar, and seed-spice brine
Plastic Recipe Box complete later card
Ingredients
- CUKES
- ONIONS
- SALT
- 2 cups WATER
- 1 quart white vinegar
- 4 cups SUGAR
- 4 TABLE SPOONS pickling spice
- celery seed or MUSTARD seed
Directions
- WASH CUKES - SLICE - ARRANGE in CROCK WITH ONIONS in LAYERS w/SALT between EACH LAYER.
- Cover for 3 Hours - Drain off Juice
- Combine: 2 cups WATER, 1 quart Vinegar, 4 cups SUGAR, 4 TABLE SPOONS pickling spice.
- Bring To boil - ADD CUKE MIX - Bring To BOILING POINT - Put in Jar - Place in Refrig.
Timing: 3 Hours
Equipment: CROCK; Jar; refrigerator; fork; serrated knife; heavy glass dish with a cover
Notes
- CAN USE celery seed or MUSTARD seed for spices.
- I score outside of cukes with a fork and slice with serrated knife. Use white vinegar. Use heavy glass dish with a cover - works ok.
As written
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Plastic Recipe Box partial earlier card
Ingredients
- cukes
- onions
- salt
- 2 cups water
- 1 qt. vinegar
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 Tbs celery seed
- 2 TBS mustard seed
Directions
- Wash cukes - slice - arrange in crock with onions in layers w/salt between each layer.
- Cover for 3 Hrs-
- Drain off juice.
- Combine 2 cups water, 1 qt. vinegar, 4 cups sugar, 2 Tbs celery seed, and 2 TBS mustard seed.
- Bring to boil.
- Add cuke mix.
- Bring to the boiling point.
Timing: Cover for 3 Hrs-
Temperature: bring syrup to a boil; add cucumber mixture; return to the boiling point
Equipment: washing and slicing tools; covered crock; draining vessel; cooking pot; stirring utensil; heat card
Notes
- the card stops when the cucumber mixture returns to the boiling point and gives no packing, jar, sealing, processing, cooling, or storage direction
Compare the cards
Sweet-sour brine and vegetables
- Plastic Recipe Box complete later card
- Cucumbers and onions; 2 cups water, 1 quart vinegar, 4 cups white sugar, and 4 tablespoons pickling spice.
- Decorative Recipe Tin brown-sugar card
- Per quart of cucumbers: green pepper, onion, 1 cup brown sugar, mustard seed, horseradish or celery seed, and enough vinegar to cover; no water is listed.
Final heating, packing, and storage
- Plastic Recipe Box complete later card
- Boil the brine, add the cucumber mixture, return to the boiling point, put in a jar, and refrigerate.
- Plastic Recipe Box partial earlier card
- Boil the brine, add the cucumber mixture, and return to the boiling point; no packing or storage direction is included.
- Decorative Recipe Tin brown-sugar card
- Bring the combined mixture to a boil and bottle immediately; no storage condition is stated.
Spice treatment within the water-brine recipe
- Plastic Recipe Box partial earlier card
- 2 tablespoons celery seed plus 2 tablespoons mustard seed.
- Plastic Recipe Box complete later card
- 4 tablespoons pickling spice; a later note says celery seed or mustard seed can be used for spices.
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