1 1/4 lb Parsnips 1 lb Apples (3 md.) -peeled, cored and sliced 1/2 lb Onions (2 md., abt. 1 cup) -peeled and chopped 1/2 lb Ripe tomatoes (2 md.) -peeled and finely chopped — (about 1 cup) 1/2 ts Dried cracked ginger or 1 1″ piece dried whole ginger 1 ts Mustard seed 2 1/4 c Cider vinegar 1 c Dark brown sugar; packed 1 c Dried currants (4 oz.) – lightly packed 1/2 c Pitted dates (4 oz.) – finely cut 1/4 c Crystallized ginger; packed -finely diced (abt. 2 oz.) 1 ts Table salt 1 lg Pinch cayenne The author writes: “This relish is based on a prize-winning English recipe of more than a generation ago. It is less sweet than traditional chutneys; most of its sweetness comes not from sugar, but from apples, dates, and parsnips. I generally use Winesap apples but any well-flavored, crisp eating apple will do.” Cook unpeeled parsnips 30 to 40 minutes in boiling water, to cover, in a saucepan or skillet wide enough to permit them to lie flat. They should be soft enough to mash. When the parsnips can be pierced easily with a fork, drain and cover with cold water until cool enough to handle. Peel and mash. Simmer the apple slices with 1/2 cup water in a covered 1 1/2-quart saucepan for 12 to 15 minutes, or until soft enough to mash. Do not drain. Place the mashed parsnips and apples in a wide 4-quart saucepan. Add onions and tomatoes; tie ginger and mustard seed loosely in a double thickness of dampened cheesecloth or place in a metal tea ball and add to the pan, along with vinegar. Bring to boil over medium heat and simmer slowly 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 1 hour more, or until thick. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. The chutney will darken considerably. Remove from heat and spoon at once into hot, sterilized half-pint or pint jars; seal. Store at least 1 month before opening. Yield: About 7 cups. From _The Pleasures of Preserving and Pickling_ by Jeanne Lesem. New York: Random House, 1982. Pp. 146-147. ISBN 0-394-75311-4. Posted by Cathy Harned. |
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28 oz Dried figs (used both -homemade and commercial) 5 c ;Water 1/2 c Fresh lemon juice 3 c Sugar Seeds from juiced lemons 1 ts Ground cardamom 1 tb Dark rum Place figs in 4 qt pot. Add all water, cover pot, bring to a boil and remove pot from heat. Let the pot of figs sit for at least an hour to plump them. Remove figs from the dark water with a slotted spoon. Reserve the water. Cut stems off figs with scissors and chop figs medium coarse by hand or in a processor. Add lemon juice and sugar to the fig water. Set water to a second boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 5-10 minutes. Tie up seeds into a cheesecloth bundle and drop in fig water. Drop the chopped figs into the fig water. Bring fig jam to another boil, then let simmer for 15-20 minutes. Jam should be slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Take out the cheesecloth bag. Stir in the rum and cardamom well. Ladle into 1 pint jars (1/2 pint works, too), leaving 1/4″ headspace. Seal jars according to manufacturer’s instructions. Process jars for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath. Yield: About 4 pints. |
14 lb Small green cherry tomatoes 4 Garlic cloves 4 Celery stalks 4 Hot red peppers 4 Heads dill 1 qt ;Water 1/2 c Pickling salt 2 qt White vinegar Pack 3 1/2 lbs. cherry tomatoes in hot quart jars. To each quart, add a garlic clove, a celery stalk, a hot red pepper, and a head of dill. Combine water, pickling salt and vinegar. Boil. Fill jars to 1/2″ from top. Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath. From Maggie Hennessey in _A Taste of West Virginia: A Book of Favorite Recipes_. Leawood, KS: Circulation Service, Inc., 1991. Pp. 10-11. Posted by Cathy Harned. |
4 qt Tender hearts of palm 2 tb Salt 1 qt ;Cold water 1 oz Mustard seed 1 1/4 oz Dry mustard 3 c Granulated sugar 2 tb Turmeric 1 1/2 c Flour Red pepper; to taste 2 qt Cider vinegar 1 Lemon; juice and rind of Be sure that all tough fiber is trimmed from heart of palm. Cut the tender white portion of heart into small strips. Place these strips to soak in salted water. Let sit in a cool place for two days. On the morning of the third day, pour off all salt water, wash palm pieces well in clear water and drain. Mix the mustard seed, mustard, sugar, turmeric, flour, red pepper and vinegar. Boil slowly, stirring with a wooden spoon. Add the juice of a lemon and the rind, sliced into tiny slivers. Cook 10 minutes. Add the pieces of palm, bring to a boil, and boil 2 minutes. Fill hot, sterilized pint jars with the pickles and seal while hot. From _Our Best Recipes_ by Lena E. Sturges, Food Editor. Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House, Inc., 1970. Pg. 184. Library of Congress Catalog Number 70-140493. |
1/2 c Dried tamarind pulp; packed -or- 1/2 c Fresh lime juice; strained + 1/2 cup water 2 1/2 c ;Water 3 lb Mangoes* 1 c Onions; in 1/4″ dice 1 c Golden raisins 1 c Dried currants 4 tb Fresh ginger; minced – or more to taste 3 lg Garlic cloves; minced fine 1 Lemon; grated zest of 2 c Light brown sugar; packed 3/4 c Sugar 2 tb Mustard seed 1 tb Salt 2 ts Dried red pepper; crushed* 2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts Turmeric 1/4 ts Ground cloves 1/4 ts Cayenne pepper – or more to taste 1 1/2 c Distilled white vinegar *Mangoes can be unripe, half-ripe or part unripe and part ripe. Using part or all almost-ripe fruit will yield a chutney with a softer texture. If you like jammy chutney, cut the fruit into small bits; for a chunky product, use 1/2″ or larger cubes and stop cooking the mixture as soon as the fruit pieces are translucent. **In place of the crushed dried red pepper, can substitute 2 dried hot peppers (each 2 1/2 to 3″ long) which have been seeded and crumbled, or 1 tb. finely minced red or green fresh hot peppers. Increase any of these if you are sure you want a hotter chutney. Crumble tamarind into a small bowl and stir in 1 1/2 cups of the water; let tamarind soak for at least an hour, meanwhile preparing the remaining ingredients. Or substitute the fresh lime juice plus 1/2 cup of water at this point. Peel and dice the mangoes, cutting them into small pieces for a jamlike chutney, into 1/2″ or larger dice for a chunky mixture. Place the pieces in a preserving pan. Add the onions, raisins, currants, ginger, garlic, lemon zest, brown and granulated sugars, mustard seed, salt, crushed hot red pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, cloves, ground red pepper, white vinegar and the remaining 1 cup water; stir the mixture and let it rest until the tamarind “juice” is ready, or for up to several hours, if that is convenient. When the tamarind pulp is very soft, strain the liquid through a sieve, pressing it to remove all possible liquid and any pulp that will pass through. Discard the pulp remaining in the sieve. Add the liquid to the chutney mixture. Set the pan over medium heat and bring the ingredients to a boil. Lower the heat so the mixture simmers and cook it, uncovered, stirring often, until the mango and onion pieces are translucent and the chutney has thickened to the consistency of preserves, 1 to 2 hours depending on the firmness of the fruit. (The chutney will thicken further in the jar, so don’t reduce it too much.) If the chutney threatens to stick before the mango pieces are translucent, add a little water. Remove chutney from the heat, cool a sample, and taste it for tartness, sweetness, and degree of hotness. (The overall flavor is elusive at this point, but these factors can be judged.) If you wish, add a little more vinegar, sugar or ground hot red pepper. Reheat the chutney to boiling and ladle it into hot, clean pint or half-pint canning jars, leaving 1/4″ of headspace. Seal the jars; process for 15 minutes (for either size jar) in a boiling-water bath. Cool, label, and store the jars for a least a month so that its many flavors can blend and balance. This will keep for at least a year in a cool pantry. Yield: 6 to 7 cups. From _Fancy Pantry_ by Helen Witty. New York: Workman Publishing Company, Inc., 1986. Pp. 56-58. ISBN 0-89480-037-X. Typed for you by Cathy Harned. |
1/2 c Dried tamarind pulp; packed -or- 1/2 c Fresh lime juice; strained + 1/2 cup water 2 1/2 c ;Water 3 lb Mangoes* 1 c Onions; in 1/4″ dice 1 c Golden raisins 1 c Dried currants 4 tb Fresh ginger; minced – or more to taste 3 lg Garlic cloves; minced fine 1 Lemon; grated zest of 2 c Light brown sugar; packed 3/4 c Sugar 2 tb Mustard seed 1 tb Salt 2 ts Dried red pepper; crushed* 2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts Turmeric 1/4 ts Ground cloves 1/4 ts Cayenne pepper – or more to taste 1 1/2 c Distilled white vinegar *Mangoes can be unripe, half-ripe or part unripe and part ripe. Using part or all almost-ripe fruit will yield a chutney with a softer texture. If you like jammy chutney, cut the fruit into small bits; for a chunky product, use 1/2″ or larger cubes and stop cooking the mixture as soon as the fruit pieces are translucent. **In place of the crushed dried red pepper, can substitute 2 dried hot peppers (each 2 1/2 to 3″ long) which have been seeded and crumbled, or 1 tb. finely minced red or green fresh hot peppers. Increase any of these if you are sure you want a hotter chutney. Crumble tamarind into a small bowl and stir in 1 1/2 cups of the water; let tamarind soak for at least an hour, meanwhile preparing the remaining ingredients. Or substitute the fresh lime juice plus 1/2 cup of water at this point. Peel and dice the mangoes, cutting them into small pieces for a jamlike chutney, into 1/2″ or larger dice for a chunky mixture. Place the pieces in a preserving pan. Add the onions, raisins, currants, ginger, garlic, lemon zest, brown and granulated sugars, mustard seed, salt, crushed hot red pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, cloves, ground red pepper, white vinegar and the remaining 1 cup water; stir the mixture and let it rest until the tamarind “juice” is ready, or for up to several hours, if that is convenient. When the tamarind pulp is very soft, strain the liquid through a sieve, pressing it to remove all possible liquid and any pulp that will pass through. Discard the pulp remaining in the sieve. Add the liquid to the chutney mixture. Set the pan over medium heat and bring the ingredients to a boil. Lower the heat so the mixture simmers and cook it, uncovered, stirring often, until the mango and onion pieces are translucent and the chutney has thickened to the consistency of preserves, 1 to 2 hours depending on the firmness of the fruit. (The chutney will thicken further in the jar, so don’t reduce it too much.) If the chutney threatens to stick before the mango pieces are translucent, add a little water. Remove chutney from the heat, cool a sample, and taste it for tartness, sweetness, and degree of hotness. (The overall flavor is elusive at this point, but these factors can be judged.) If you wish, add a little more vinegar, sugar or ground hot red pepper. Reheat the chutney to boiling and ladle it into hot, clean pint or half-pint canning jars, leaving 1/4″ of headspace. Seal the jars; process for 15 minutes (for either size jar) in a boiling-water bath. Cool, label, and store the jars for a least a month so that its many flavors can blend and balance. This will keep for at least a year in a cool pantry. Yield: 6 to 7 cups. From _Fancy Pantry_ by Helen Witty. New York: Workman Publishing Company, Inc., 1986. Pp. 56-58. ISBN 0-89480-037-X. Typed for you by Cathy Harned. |
3 Kohlrabi (abt. 1 qt.) -peeled, sliced 1/4″ thick 2 lg Carrots; peeled – cut into sticks 2 Garlic cloves; crushed 1 Bay leaf 3 lg Sprigs fresh dill ——————————PICKLING MIXTURE—————————— 3/4 c White vinegar 1 1/4 c ;Water 3 tb Sugar 1 ts Mustard seed 1/2 ts Dill seed 1/4 ts Red chili flakes 1 ts Salt Parboil carrots for 3 minutes. Mix kohlrabi and carrots; pack in a 1 qt. glass jar along with garlic, bay leaf and fresh dill. In a saucepan, combine pickling mixture. Heat, stirring, until it boils and sugar is dissolved. Pour boiling mixture over kohlrabi, filling jar completely. Cover jar. When cool, refrigerate for 3 to 4 days before using to let flavors blend. From 1994 Shepherd’s Garden Seeds Catalog, pg. 20. Posted by Cathy Harned. |
7 lb Rhubarb (abt. 6 quarts) – leaves removed — stalks trimmed — cut in pieces 1 lb Dried figs – cut in fine shreds 11 c Sugar 1 c Mixed candied fruit peel – chopped Mix rhubarb, figs and sugar in an earthenware crock or large jar. Cover and let stand all night. The next day, boil the mixture for at least an hour, or until very thick. Add the candied peel before the mixture is taken off the heat. Pour jam into warm jars and cover. Process. Yield: About 9 pints. |
2 1/2 lb Beef 2 1/2 lb Pork 2 lb Raisins 1 1/2 lb Apples 1 lb Dried apricots 1 lb Dried peaches 1/4 lb Citron 2 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Cloves 1 ts Spice 1 1/2 c Brown sugar 1 c Cider Grind and mix all ingredients together. Simmer two hours. Can and seal. |
7 lb Watermelon rind; peeled 2 1/2 qt ;Water 1/3 c Salt 6 1/2 c Brown sugar 2 c Vinegar 1 c ;Water 1 tb Whole cloves 2 Cinnamon sticks 2 Lemons Pare off the outer green from watermelon rind and cut in 1″ squares. Put in large bowl and pour over them the salt and water mixed. Let soak for three days. Drain and let stand in fresh water for one hour. Make a syrup of sugar, vinegar, water and spices. Cut the lemon (rind and all) paper thin. Put melon and lemon into hot syrup and boil until watermelon is clear. Seal in jars. From South Union, Ky. In _The Shaker Cook Book: Not by Bread Alone_ by Caroline B. Piercy. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1953. Pg. 183. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 53-5248. Typed for you by Cathy Harned. |