To keep Green Peas till Christmas

Origin: Hartford, Connecticut

Source: Amelia Simmons, 1796

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Shell young peas and drain them in a colander.
  2. Spread them on a cloth folded four or five times double and dry them very well.
  3. Fill your bottles with the peas.
  4. Cover them with slightly softened mutton suet fat, filling the necks almost to the top.
  5. Cork them, tie a bladder and leather over them, and store in a dry, cool place.

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