26 PRESERVATION OF FOOD. 



Cucumber Pickles. 



Soak in brine made of I cup salt to 2 cups water for a day and 

 a night. Remove from brine, rinse in cold water, and drain. Cover 

 with vinegar, add i tablespoon brown sugar, some stick cinnamon, and 

 cloves to every quart of vinegar used; bring to a boil and pack in jars. 

 For sweet pickles use I cup sugar to I quart vinegar. 



Chili Sauce (i). 



2 doz. ripe tomatoes. 2 tablespoons salt. 



6 peppers (3 to be hot). i teaspoon each of cloves, 



3 onions. nutmeg, and allspice. 

 54 cup sugar. i quart vinegar. 



Simmer i hour. Pour into sterilized jars or bottles and seal 

 while hot. 



Catsup. 



Two quarts ripe tomatoes. Boil and strain. Add 2 *tablespoons 

 salt, 2 cups vinegar, i cup sugar, and i level teaspoon cayenne 

 pepper. Boil until thick. Pour into hot sterilized bottles. Put the 

 corks in tight and apply hot paraffin to the tops with a brush to 

 make an air-tight seal. 



Beet Pickles. 



Twist leaves and stalks from beets. Wash but do not cut roots 

 nor tops. Cover with boiling salted water and boil until tender, but 

 not soft. Dip in cold water. Rub off skins and trim. If beets are 

 small, leave whole. Cut larger ones in halves or quarters, cutting 

 lengthwise so as to retain as much of the juice and colour as possible. 

 Fill hot sterilized jars with the beets and cover with a boiling hot pickle 

 made of the following ingredients : 



ij cups vinegar. 54 CU P salt. 



I ^2 water. 54 teaspoon cayenne 



i cup brown sugar. pepper. 



Fill jars to overflowing. Seal and set away. 



Celery Relish, 

 i doz. heads celery. 2 quarts vinegar. 



3 onions. i tablespoon tumeric (level). 

 ^2 lb. mustard. 2 tablespoons salt. 



54 mustard-seed. y 2 teaspoon cayenne pepper. 



4 cups white sugar. 3 tablespoons flour. 



Mix ingredients, omitting the flour and tumeric, and simmer for 

 2 hours. Mix flour and tumeric together with a little vinegar or 

 water. Add to pickle - and cook 5" minutes longer. Bottle and seal. 



