To keep Green Peas till Christmas
Origin: Hartford, Connecticut
Source: Amelia Simmons, 1796
Ingredients
- young green peas
- mutton suet fat
Instructions
- Shell young peas and drain them in a colander.
- Spread them on a cloth folded four or five times double and dry them very well.
- Fill your bottles with the peas.
- Cover them with slightly softened mutton suet fat, filling the necks almost to the top.
- Cork them, tie a bladder and leather over them, and store in a dry, cool place.