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To Put Up Green Corn

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To Put Up Green Corn

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the corn from the cob.

  2. Pack the corn in a stone jar, one inch deep.

  3. Cover with a layer of coarse sea salt.

  4. Alternate layers of corn and salt until the jar is filled.

  5. Fit pieces of board on top and place a stone to keep the corn submerged.

  6. Tie paper over the top to keep out dust.

  7. When ready to serve, drop the corn into boiling water to set the milk.

  8. Soak in as many waters as desired.

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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