How To Pickle Tongues, Etc

Take large tongues perfectly fresh, cut some of the root awav, make an incision in the under part, rub them well with common salt, and lay them in a tub or pan close covered for four days. Then pound together two parts of saltpetre, one part of common salt, one part of bay salt, and one part of moist sugar. Rub the tongues well with the mixture, put all into the pan, and turn them every two days till pickled enough, which will be in ten days. N. B. Pigs' faces and hams to be done in the same manner, but according to their size let them lay in the different pieS.le3 for long periods, and when well coloured smoke them. If it be wished to have the haras or tongues of a Westphalia flavour add some soeho to the pickle.

India Pickle

Take large fresh cauliflowers in the month of July, pick them into small pieces, wash them clean, put them into a pan with plenty of salt over them for three days; then drain and lay them separately to dry in the sun, repeatedly turning them till they are almost of a brown, colour, which will require several days. Then put plenty of whole ginger, slices of horseradish, peeled garlick, whole long pepper, peeled eschalots and onions, into salt and water for one night; drain and dry them also; and when the ingredients are ready, boil more than a sufficient quantity of vinegar to cover them, and to two quarts of it add an ounce of the best pale turmeric, and put the flowers and other ingredients into stone jars, pour the vinegar boiling hot over, cover them till the next day. then boil the pickle again, and the same on the third day; after which fill the jars with liquor, cover them over close with bladder and white leather, and set them in a dry place.

N. B, In the same manner maybe done white cabbages cut into half quarters, whole French beans, heads of celery, heads of asparagus, onions whole or sliced, or pickling melons peeled thin, cut into halves, and formed like an Indian mango,

How To Dry Artichoke Bottoms

Gather the largest firm artichokes when in season, cut off the stalks, and boil them till the leaves and choke can be taken away. Afterwards put them on a baking plate and set them in a very slow heated oven, or hang them up in a warm place to dry, and when perfectly so put them into paper bags, When they are wanted for use lay them in warm water and salt, and when pliable trim them neat, braise them in stock and lemon juice, which will perserve them white, and when done enough, if for ragout, cut them into pieces; if for dishes, serve them whole with good cullis sauce over them.

How To Pickle Cucumbers, Etc

Gather jerkins not too large, lay them in a strong brine of salt and water for three days, then wipe them dry, and put them info stone jars. Then put a sufficient quantity of vinegar to cover them into a preserving pan, add plenty of whole ginger and black pepper, a middling quantity of mace, allspice and cloves, some slices of horseradish, peeled onions, eschalots, and a small quan-tity of garlick, Let the ingredients boil for ten minutes, and pour them with the liquor over the cucumbers, cover the jars with cabbage leaves and a plate, set them in a warm place, the next day drain the liquor from them, boil it, and pour over them again, and if on the third day they are not green enough, boil the vinegar again, pour it over, and when cold tic bladder and white leather over the jars, and set them in a dry place.

N. B. In the same manner may be done walnuts, love-apples, barberries, capsicums, French beans, nasturtiums, and small pickling melons peeled very thin and cut into quarters, or walnuts may be scalded and put into salt and water for a week, changing the water three times.