To pickle ELDER BUDS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (7)

For pickling

elder buds ↝ Borage, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
strong salt and water ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
vine leaves ↝ Grape leaves, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
allegear
a little mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
a few shallots ↝ Shallots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
some ginger sliced ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (8)

Get elder buds when they are the size of hop buds.
Put them into a strong salt and water for nine days, and stir them two or three times a day.
Put them into a brass pan, cover them with vine leaves, and pour the water on them that they came out of.
Set them over a slow fire till they are quite green.
Make a pickle for them of allegar, a little mace, a few shallots, and some ginger sliced.
Boil the pickle ingredients two or three minutes.
Pour the pickle upon your buds.
Tie them down, and keep them in a dry place for use.

Original Text

To pickle ELDER BUDS.

GET your elder buds when they are the size of hop buds, and put them into a strong salt and water for nine days, and stir them two or three times a day, then put them into a brass pan, cover them with vine leaves, and pour the water on them that they came out of, and set them over a slow fire till they are quite green, then make a pickle for them of allegar, a little mace, a few shallots, and some ginger sliced, boil them two or three minutes, and pour it upon your buds; tie them down, and keep them in a dry place for use.

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