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be sure and have them well covered with the syrup. Make them air-tight.
Tomatoes, grapes, wild grapes, and damsons, or plums of any kind may be done the
same way. Be sure and have them air-tight.
PEACHES DOUCE ET AIGRE.
Peaches are best peeled and sliced, when put up in this manner; take six pounds
of peeled peaches and lay them immediately after they are peeled in small jars.
Take four pounds of brown sugar, six quarts of strong vinegar, a few races of
ginger, an ounce of cinnamon; boil it well, and after it forms a syrup, let it
cool, and then pour it over the peaches. They will be fit to eat in four weeks.
CUCUMBERS SLICED.
Slice your cucumbers thin, lay some of them in a jar, sprinkle with pepper and
salt, put in more cucumbers, sprinkle again with pepper and salt, so on until
your jar is full; fill up with cold vinegar, make the jar air-tight; keep them
in a cool place.
TO PICKLE WALNUTS.
Make a brine of salt and water, a quarter of a pound of salt to a quart of
water; put the walnuts into this to soak, for at least a week; stick them
through several times with a knitting-needle, so
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