This section is from the book "Capital City Recipes", by First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary. Also available from Amazon: Capital City Cook Book, A Collection Of Practical Tested Receipts By Many Of The Best Housekeepers.
Pulp Grated Cucumber - Pints ......................1
Sugar - Tablespoonfuls ....................................2
White Mustard Seed - Tablespoonfuls............2
Ground Mustard - Tablespoonfuls..................2
Onions (grated)...........1 large or 2 small
Vinegar - Pints ................................................1/2
Cover with a little vinegar.
Mrs. Moffitt
3/4 -pound of Sugar to each pound of Fruit.
3 pints of Vinegar to each 7 pounds of Fruit.
Prepare the rinds of 2 large melons; let stand over night in weak salt water; rinse off and scald until tender in a weak tea of alum and peach-tree leaves; rinse again in pure water; place in preserving-kettle and pour over the above syrup, adding mace, cinnamon, white mustard seed and ginger. Cook very slowly a long time until the fruit is very clear. MRS. MOSES.
Cucumbers-Pounds ........................................1
Sugar--Pounds ................................................1/2
Cinnamon-Ounces ........................................1/2
Cloves-Ounce ........................ 1/2
Pare, take out seed and cut in thin strips large yellow cucumbers; to enough vinegar to cover them add the sugar and spices and let stand 3 days; pour all into a kettle and heat until the cucumbers are sufficiently soft to pierce through with a straw; put in a jar to stand one day, then pour off vinegar, scald, and again pour all into a jar and tie tightly. MRS. STEVENS.
Fruit-Pounds ................................................7
Sugar-Pounds ................................................3
Vinegar-Pints ................................................1
Cinnamon (sticks)-Ounces............................1
Cloves-Ounce..................................................1/2
Allspice (whole)-Ounce................................1/2
Heat vinegar, sugar and spice, add fruit and cook as preserves. MRS. B. S. SKINNER.
 
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