Sour Pickles
| 1 peck green tomatoes 1 lb. figs 1 lb. seeded raisins 1 cup vinegar 4 cups sugar 20 cloves A few sticks cinnamon |
| Sweet Pickles Tomato and Fig Pickles One peck of green tomatoes sliced and salted in layers, place in granite boiler over night. In the morning drain off brine and rinse in cold water. Chop up a pound of figs, add to the tomatoes, cover with vinegar and boil twenty minutes; add 1 pound of seeded raisins, 1 cup of vinegar, 4 cups of sugar, 20 cloves and a few sticks of cinnamon tied in a cheese cloth bag, and cook together slowly for ¾ of an hour. Lucretia L. Blankenburg. |