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Pickle for Tongues.

A dish made with brown sugar and saltpetre.

For Those Who Live On Farms.

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 6 gallons of water
  • 9 quarts of salt
  • 2 quarts of brown sugar
  • 3/4 of a pound of saltpetre
  • 2 ounces of washing soda

Steps

  1. 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