To pickle BARBERRIES

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (2)
For pickling
Instructions (6)
  1. Get your barberies before they are too ripe.
  2. Pick out the leaves and dead stalks.
  3. Put them into jars, with a large quantity of strong salt and water.
  4. Tie them down with a bladder.
  5. When you see your barberies scum over put them into fresh salt and water.
  6. They need no vinegar, their own sharpness is sufficient enough to keep them.
Original Text
To pickle BARBERRIES. GET your barberies before they are too ripe, pick out the leaves and dead stalks, then put them into jars, with a large quantity of strong salt and water, and tie them down with a bladder.-N. B. When you see your barberies scum over put them into fresh salt and water, they need no vinegar, their own sharpness is sufficient enough to keep them.
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