Artichoke Bottoms

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (7)
for boiling
for brining
for preserving
Instructions (6)
  1. Boil your artichokes till you can pull off all the leaves, and thoroughly clear the bottoms.
  2. Put them into salt and water for an hour.
  3. Take them out, and lay them on a cloth to drain.
  4. When they are dry, put them into large wide-mouthed glasses, with a little mace and sliced nutmeg between.
  5. Fill them with distilled vinegar.
  6. Cover them with mutton fat melted, and tie them down with leather and a bladder.
Original Text
Artichoke Bottoms. BOIL your artichokes till you can pull off all the leaves, and thoroughly clear the bottoms. Put them into salt and water for an hour, then take them out, and lay them on a cloth to drain. When they are dry, put them into large wide-mouthed glasses, with a little mace and sliced nutmeg between, and fill them with distilled vine- gar. Cover them with mutton fat melted, and tie them down with leather and a bladder.
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