This section is from the book "Three Meals A Day", by Maud C. Cooke. Also available from Amazon: Three Meals a Day.
¼ pound mustard.
2 tablespoonfuls sugar.
1 teaspoonful each of ground cinnamon, allspice and cloves. 1 small teaspoonful of salt. Mix well. Add good vinegar until the desired consistency. Put in a glass pickle jar and let it stand one week before using.
1 pint of good vinegar. ¼ pound of mustard.
2 tablespoonfuls sugar. 1 tablespoonful salt.
1 teaspoonful white pepper. Let the vinegar come to a boil. Stir in the other ingredients, and let the mixture boil five minutes.
Make a tomato catsup, strain through a sieve, and thicken to suit with mustard flour. Simmer a short time. Bottle for use.
Slice 1 large onion into 1 cupful of vinegar and leave a day or two. Pour off the vinegar and add to it - 1 teaspoonful pepper. 1 teaspoonful salt. 1 tablespoonful sugar. Thicken with mustard iflour to the proper consistency, first rubbing the mustard smooth in a little vinegar. A little salad oil is considered an improvement by many. Bottle, cork closely and wait a week before using.
 
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