Pickle for Tongues.
A dish made with brown sugar and saltpetre.
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 22¾ l water
- 8520 ml salt
- 1890 ml brown sugar
- 3/4 of a pound of saltpetre
- 55 g washing soda
Steps
- Prepare this pickle the same as directed for meat pickle. It will require ten or twelve days’ time to pickle the tongues. If the flavor of juniper berries be liked, simmer half a pound in one quart of water for one hour; then strain the liquid into the brine.
Source
Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or Three (Parloa, Maria, 1843-1909, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States