To Pickle Green Nectarines or Apricots

Gather them while the shell is soft--green them with salt and water as before directed; when a good green, soak them in plain vinegar for a fortnight, and put them in the yellow pickle pot.

Original Recipe

Gather them while the shell is soft--green them with salt and water as before directed; when a good green, soak them in plain vinegar for a fortnight, and put them in the yellow pickle pot.

Ingredients

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  • green nectarines or apricots
  • salt
  • water
  • plain vinegar

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Instructions

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    Gather them while the shell is soft--green them with salt and water as before directed; when a good green, soak them in plain vinegar for a fortnight, and put them in the yellow pickle pot.

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Recipe by mary-randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)