To make Pickle for Mushrooms

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (12)
For the pickle
For filling the bottles
For preparing nutmeg
Instructions (13)
  1. Take a gallon of the best vinegar and put it into a cold still.
  2. To every gallon of vinegar, add half a pound of bay-salt, a quarter of a pound of mace, a quarter of an ounce of cloves, and a nutmeg cut into quarters.
  3. Keep the top of the still covered with a wet cloth. As the cloth dries, put on a wet one.
  4. Do not let the fire be too large, lest you burn the bottom of the still.
  5. Draw the pickle as long as you taste the acid, and no longer.
  6. When you fill your bottles, put in your mushrooms.
  7. Here and there put in a few blades of mace and a slice of nutmeg.
  8. Then fill the bottle with pickle.
  9. Melt some mutton fat, strain it, and pour over the pickle.
  10. This will keep them better than oil.
Preparing Nutmeg
  1. Put your nutmeg over the fire in a little vinegar and give it a boil.
  2. While it is hot, you may slice it as you please.
  3. When it is cold, it will not cut; for it will crack to pieces.
Original Text
To make Pickle for Muſhrooms. TAKE a gallon of the best vinegar, put it into a cold still: to every gallon of vinegar, put half a pound of bay-salt, a quarter of a pound of mace, a quarter of an ounce of cloves, a nutmeg cut into quarters, keep the top of the still covered with a wet cloth. As the cloth dries, put on a wet one; don't let the fire be too large, lest you burn the bottom of the still. Draw it as long as you taste the acid, and no longer. When you fill your bottles, put in your mushrooms, here and there put in a few blades of mace, and a slice of nutmeg; then fill the bottle with pickle, and melt some mutton fat, strain it, and pour over it. It will keep them better than oil. You must put your nutmeg over the fire in a little vinegar, and give it a boil. While it is hot, you may slice it as you please. When it is cold, it will not cut; for it will crack to pieces. Note, In the 19th chapter, at the end of the receipt for making vinegar, you will see the best way of pickling mushrooms, only they will not be so white.
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