To pickle MANGOES

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (4)

main ingredients

TAKE the largest cucumbers you can get, before they are too ripe, or yellow at the ends ↝ Cucumber, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
a very strong salt and water ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a large quantity of vine leaves ↝ Grape leaves, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
beat a little roach allum very fine

Instructions (4)

cut a piece out of the side, and take out the seeds with an apple-scraper, or a tea-spoon
put them in a very strong salt and water for eight or nine days, or till they are very yellow
stir them well two or three times each day
put them into a brass pan, with a large quantity of vine leaves both under and over them

Original Text

To pickle MANGOES.

TAKE the largest cucumbers you can get, before they are too ripe, or yellow at the ends, then cut a piece out of the side, and take out the seeds with an apple-scraper, or a tea-spoon, and put them in a very strong salt and water for eight or nine days, or till they are very yellow, stir them well two or three times each day, then put them into a brass pan, with a large quantity of vine leaves both under and over them, beat a little roach allum very fine, and put

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