SC - Re: pickles

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Michael F. Gunter wrote:
> 
> >> >
> > > So no pickles other than compost?
> > > -brid
> > > (who also has images of soil additives with this word, and so is
> > > muttering
> > > "chutney-chutney", which she loves, to counteract the homonym)
> 
> Isn't there a recipe in "The English Housewife" or one of the other more
> common sources for pickles?  I'm sure I saw a recipe for pickles just the
> other night.
> 
> I'll keep checking.

Yup, you're right. Markham, and various other late period sources, do
include recipes for various types of vegetable and/or flower pickles.
Generally they call for a brief blanching in boiling water, and then a
bath in a vinegar-based sauce, which is usually cooked with sugar and
spices and then allowed to cool before using.

I'd sort of gotten into the habit of thinking of such sources as
marginally out-of-period, and thought first of the "High Middle Ages"
sources, which contain relatively few pickle recipes, as such.

Perfectly legit, of course.

Adamantius
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