To Procure Green Peas in Winter
Ingredients
Directions
Shell the peas and wash them.
Scald the peas in hot water, then drain.
Place the peas into bottles and pour strong brine over them until fully covered.
Add a thin layer of good salad oil on top and cork the bottles tightly.
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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