To Pickle Barberries
Ingredients
Directions
Pick off the leaves and stalks from the barberries.
Place the barberries into jars and cover them with a mixture of strong salt and water.
Tie the jars down with a bladder.
When a scum rises, transfer the barberries to fresh salt and water.
Cover the jars closely and store them for later use.
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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