To pickle NASTURTIANS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

nasturtian berries ↝ Berries, NFS [Blueberries and other berries]
cold salt and water ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
white wine vinegar ↝ Vinegar, red wine [Spices and Herbs]
mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
nutmeg sliced ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
pepper corns ↝ Corn, raw [Corn]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
shallots ↝ Shallots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
horse-radish ↝ Radishes, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (6)

Gather the nasturtian berries soon after the blossoms are gone off.
Put them in cold salt and water.
Change the water once a day for three days.
Make your pickle of white wine vinegar, mace, nutmeg sliced, pepper corns, salt, shallots, and horse-radish.
It requires to be made pretty strong, as your pickle is not to be boiled.
When you have drained them, put them into a jar, and pour the pickle over them.

Original Text

To pickle NASTURTIANS.

GATHER the nasturtian berries soon after the blossoms are gone off, put them in cold salt and water, change the water once a day for three days, make your pickle of white wine vinegar, mace, nutmeg sliced, pepper corns, salt, shallots, and horse-radish; it requires to be made pretty strong, as your pickle is not to be boiled; when you have drained them, put them into a jar, and pour the pickle over them.

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