Name: Crinkle Root or Pepper Root
Ingredients: Crinkle root (Dentaria diphylla); Salt; Vinegar

Crinkle Root or Pepper Root

Ingredients

Crinkle root (Dentaria diphylla)
Salt
Vinegar

Directions

Prepare

Wash the crinkle roots thoroughly.

Serve

Serve them raw with a sprinkle of salt.
Alternatively, boil the roots until tender.
For a Mohawk variation, wash the roots and add vinegar.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Crinkle root: Is the main ingredient and is eaten raw or cooked until tender.
Vinegar: Adds acidity in the Mohawk variation, giving a sharp, tangy flavour.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.