Name: Piccalilli
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 peck of green tomatoes; 8 large onions chopped fine; 1 cup of salt well stirred in; 2 quarts of water and one of vinegar; 1 sieve or colander; 2 quarts of vinegar; 1 pound of sugar; 1 pound of white mustard seed; 2 tablespoonfuls of ground pepper; 2 of cinnamon; 1 of cloves; 2 of ginger; 1 of allspice; 1 teaspoonful of cayenne pepper; 10 to prevent scorching; 1 most delicious accompaniment for any kind of meat or fish

Original Recipe

One peck of green tomatoes; eight large onions chopped fine, with one cup of salt well stirred in. Let it stand over night; in the morning drain off all the liquor. Now take two quarts of water and one of vinegar, boil all together twenty minutes. Drain all through a sieve or colander. Put it back into the kettle again; turn over it two quarts of vinegar, one pound of sugar, half a pound of white mustard seed, two tablespoonfuls of ground pepper, two of cinnamon, one of cloves, two of ginger, one of allspice, and half a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper. Boil all together fifteen minutes or until tender. Stir it often to prevent scorching. Seal in glass jars. A most delicious accompaniment for any kind of meat or fish. Mrs. St. Johns.

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1

One peck of green tomatoes; eight large onions chopped fine, with one cup of salt well stirred in.
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Let it stand over night; in the morning drain off all the liquor.
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Now take two quarts of water and one of vinegar, boil all together twenty minutes.
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Drain all through a sieve or colander.
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Put it back into the kettle again; turn over it two quarts of vinegar, one pound of sugar, half a pound of white mustard seed, two tablespoonfuls of ground pepper, two of cinnamon, one of cloves, two of ginger, one of allspice, and half a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper.
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Boil all together fifteen minutes or until tender.
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Stir it often to prevent scorching.
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Seal in glass jars.
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A most delicious accompaniment for any kind of meat or fish. _Mrs.

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