To Pickle Radish Pods

Origin: Tidewater Virginia

Source: Mary Randolph, 1824

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cut them in nice bunches as soon as they are fully formed; they must be young and tender.
  2. Pour boiling salt and water on them, and cover with a thick cloth and pewter plate, to keep in the steam.
  3. Repeat this every day till they are a good green.
  4. Then put them in cold vinegar, with mace and whole pepper.
  5. Mix a little turmeric with a small portion of oil, and stir it into the vinegar; it will make the pods of a more lively green.
  6. They are very pretty for garnishing meats.

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