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Boil and skim the vinegar and sugar, take from the fire, put the peeled and
stoned apricots into this and beat them through. Let them drain, put them into a
fruit jar with the apricot stones, cinnamon and cloves,. the vinegar, sugar and
ginger until thick, and pour hot over the apricots. After a, few days the juice
is cooked again, and this must be repeated a short time after. Cover the glasses
tightly
44. Pickled Green Beans. 1 pound of small beans, 3/4 pound of sugar, not quite 1
pint of vinegar and 1/8 ounce of cinnamon. String the beans and cook until about
half done, and lay them on a, cloth to drain. Then boil vinegar and sugar, skim,
add cinnamon and the beans, cook for a while and fill into jars, boil the
vinegar for a few moments, pour it hot over the beans and close the jars
tightly.
45. Small Green Beans in Mustard. Small beans, good vinegar and to each quart of
vinegar take 1/2 pound of sugar: mustard seeds, cinnamon, white pepper and
horseradish according to taste.
String the beans, cook in salted water until nearly tender, and fill into jars
in layers with mustard seeds. white pepper and sliced horseradish. In the
meantime boil sugar and vinegar together and pour boiling hot over the beans.
The beans must be covered with the liquid and then pressed down with a plate
weighted with a. stone. After a week boil the vinegar again and pour it over the
beans, which must be repeated after another week. The third time let the vinegar
boil for a while and pour over the beans so that they will be just covered.
46. Sweet Cucumbers. 3 pounds of cucumbers, 1 pound of sugar, 1 pint of water,
1/4 ounce of stick cinnamon, a few pieces of ginger, 1/4 ounce of cloves (taking
off the heads). Take cucumbers which have become yellow, peel, quarter them and
take out the seeds. Throw them into cold water so that they will remain white.
Bring vinegar, sugar and spices to a boil and put in the cucumbers, which have
lain in vinegar for a time, cook in this, but they must not be too tender. Then
put into jars and cover.
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