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Recipe for Preserving Corn

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Recipe for Preserving Corn

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the corn from the cob.

  2. Pack the corn in a jar in alternate layers with salt.

  3. Once tightly packed, add a thick layer of salt on top.

  4. Tie a thick piece of cotton over the jar and cover it.

  5. Store the jar in a cool place.

  6. Before using, soak the corn in warm water for 1 hour to remove the salt, then boil in fresh water.

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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