Artichokes to boil in Winter

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (11)

For boiling the artichokes

artichokes ↝ Jerusalem-artichokes, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]

For preserving the artichokes

cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
two bay-leaves ↝ Spices, bay leaf [Spices and Herbs]
as much vinegar as will cover them ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]
Melted butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a piece of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (6)

Boil your artichokes for half a day in salt and water.
Put them into a pot of boiling water, allowing them to continue boiling until you can just draw off the leaves from the bottom.
Cut them very clean and smooth.
Put them into the pot with cloves, mace, salt, pepper, two bay-leaves, and as much vinegar as will cover them.
Pour melted butter over to cover them about an inch thick.
Tie and keep them close down for use, with a piece of butter to plump them.

Original Text

Artichokes to boil in Winter.

Boil your artichokes for half a day in salt and water; put them into a pot of boiling water, allowing them to continue[342] boiling until you can just draw off the leaves from the bottom; cut them very clean and smooth, and put them into the pot with cloves, mace, salt, pepper, two bay-leaves, and as much vinegar as will cover them. Pour melted butter over to cover them about an inch thick; tie and keep them close down for use, with a piece of butter to plump them. You may use these for what you like.

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