To Pickle Radish Pods
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- Radish pods
- Salt
- Water
- Vinegar
- Mace
- Whole pepper
- Turmeric
- Oil
Instructions
- Cut them in nice bunches as soon as they are fully formed; they must be young and tender.
- Pour boiling salt and water on them, and cover with a thick cloth and pewter plate, to keep in the steam.
- Repeat this every day till they are a good green.
- Then put them in cold vinegar, with mace and whole pepper.
- 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.
- They are very pretty for garnishing meats.