How To Make Cucumber Catsup

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

How To Make Watermelon Sweet Pickle

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.

How To Make Cucumber Sweet Pickle

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.

How To Make Spiced Fruit

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.