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Quantity of Pumping Pickle

Contains saltpeter, which may pose food safety risks.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Quantity of Pumping Pickle

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine 55 lbs of coarse sea salt, 5 lbs of saltpeter, and 5 lbs of dry antiseptic in a large pot.

  2. Add 20 gallons of water and boil the mixture, stirring until clear.

  3. Allow the solution to cool to the same temperature as the curing room.

  4. Test the solution with a salinometer; it should read 100 degrees.

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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