PICKLES AT 2½d A JAR.

Mataura Ensign, 24 October 1916, Page 2

PICKLES AT 2½d A JAR.

How pickles ho made lor use in j tour hum's or kept lor six months was j shown hy .M-i- William Lawton at tin? i ollift's "I' tin* Britannia League ot : Housewivis, London, lately. For onions' the but lorn of p pickle jar; was covered with spices and herbs—one S ('love of garlic. ginger cut in small I piece's, 10 pimento berries crushed, in reel clove* of baylcaf, three sage leaves, ! 10 crushed black pcpjH'icorn.s, and hail ! a. lea'poonlul of powdered nutmeg. i 'l’he onions were sliced, with layers | of heetroot and sprinklings of salt, and ! a piece of sugar placed on the top.! Vinegar was poured in to cover and a | layer of olive oil elfeetnallv sealed the i pickle. The total cost was Onions and licet root ... 1-Jd Spices and herbs ,}d Vinegar and salt jd Total ‘JJd The cost of the oil is not included, > as this can be poured olf and lists] | again and again. Will nuts, marrow. ; and other finings can he treated in a. | similar manner. i