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Tomato Relish (India Relish)
Mrs Blooms recipe
Tomato Relish or (India)
1 pk green tomatoes chopped
1 1/2 c salt let stand all nite
& strain water off - add
1 med cabbage.
6 small onions, chopped 3 qts
vinegar. boil ½ hr. then add
3 red peppers - 2 gr. peppers -
3 tbs celery seed & 2 tbs sp.
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mustard seed 8 cups of
sugar 1 tbsp. stick cinnamon
1 tbsp. whole cloves, tied in
a cloth, boil for 1½ hrs - and
seal.
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# Tomato Relish (India Relish)
*Recipe from the kitchen of Mrs. Bloom*
*Yield: approximately 10 to 12 pint jars*
## Ingredients
- 1 peck (approximately 10 to 12 lbs) green tomatoes, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups pickling salt
- 1 medium cabbage, chopped
- 6 small onions, chopped
- 3 red bell peppers, chopped
- 2 green bell peppers, chopped
- 3 qts white vinegar
- 8 cups sugar
- 3 Tbsp celery seed
- 2 Tbsp mustard seed
- 1 Tbsp stick cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp whole cloves
## Instructions
1. Chop green tomatoes and place in a large bowl or crock. Add salt, stir to combine, and let stand overnight.
2. Drain off liquid thoroughly — do not rinse.
3. Add chopped cabbage and onions to the salted tomato mixture.
4. Add vinegar and bring to a boil. Boil for 30 minutes.
5. Add red peppers, green peppers, celery seed, and mustard seed.
6. Tie cinnamon and whole cloves in a double layer of cheesecloth and add to the pot.
7. Add sugar and stir to combine.
8. Boil for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
9. Remove spice bag.
10. Pack into sterilized jars and seal while hot. Process according to current canning guidelines.
## Editor's Notes
- **"1 pk"** = 1 peck, a standard dry measure of the era equal to 8 dry quarts or approximately 2 gallons volume. For green tomatoes this is roughly 10 to 12 lbs whole or 12 to 14 cups chopped. Produce was commonly sold by the peck at farm stands and markets; recipes of this scale were typical fall preserving batches.
- **"India Relish"** — the parenthetical alternate title refers to India Relish, a well-documented mid-century American spiced vegetable relish. The name derives from a loose association with Indian-style chutneys rather than direct Indian origin. Widely reprinted in community cookbooks of the era. -
Pickle Chips
Chips
40 cucumbers 7 large onions
stand in salt water 4 hrs drain
4C white vinegar 2C. water
1½ C sugar 2 tsp celery seed
2 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp ground ginger boil 3 min
together
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# Pickle Chips
*(Bread and Butter Style)*
*Yield: approximately 15 to 20 pint jars*
## Ingredients
### Vegetables
- 40 medium cucumbers, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 7 large onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup pickling salt per gallon water (for brine soak)
### Pickling Syrup
- 4 cups white vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 tsp celery seed
- 2 tsp mustard seed
- 1 tsp ground ginger
## Instructions
1. Slice cucumbers 1/4 inch thick and onions thinly.
2. Place cucumbers and onions in a large bowl or crock. Cover with cold salt water (1/2 cup pickling salt per gallon water). Let stand 4 hours.
3. Drain cucumbers and onions thoroughly. Rinse briefly and drain again.
4. Combine vinegar, water, sugar, celery seed, mustard seed, and ground ginger in a large pot. Bring to a boil and boil together 3 minutes.
5. Add drained cucumbers and onions to the hot brine. Heat through until just beginning to simmer — do not boil.
6. Pack cucumbers and onions into sterilized jars.
7. Pour hot brine over vegetables, filling to within 1/4 inch of rim.
8. Seal jars while hot. Process in a boiling water bath according to current canning guidelines. -
Sliced Ripe Cucumber Pickle
. Sliced ripe cucumber Pickle
12 large cucumbers
1 onion
1 tb sp. celery seed
2 ounces mustard seed
1 qt vinegar
3 c sugar.
Slice cucumbers and soak
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over night in a strong
brine - drain -
Bring the minced on-
ion, celery seed, mustard seed
vinegar & sugar to a boil
add cucumber slices &
cook until almost tender
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# Sliced Ripe Cucumber Pickle
## Ingredients
- 12 large cucumbers
- 1 onion
- 1 Tbsp celery seed
- 2 ounces mustard seed
- 1 qt vinegar
- 3 cups sugar
## Instructions
1. Slice cucumbers and soak overnight in a strong brine. Drain.
2. Bring the minced onion, celery seed, mustard seed, vinegar, and sugar to a boil.
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Pinati Sweet Pickle
"Pinati Sweet Pickle" (Green Tomato
3 # small green tomatoes sliced rather
thick.
2 # of pineapple sliced half the size
of Tomato pieces
2 lbs granulated sugar. (1 tbsp allspice
1 lb clover honey. (1 tbsp whole
1 C. pineapple juice cloves.
4 C. mild cider vinegar 2 tbsp mustard
1 tbsp stick cinnamon peel (½ blade
mace
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Mix vinegar, sugar, honey & pineapple
juice. Tie spices in thin rag &
drop into liquid, bring to a boiling
point & pour over the tomato & pineapple in
a bowl or crock. Cover and let stand 24
hrs, then drain of liquid. Bring to a
boiling point again, put in tomato & pineapple
& cook until tender & clear. Put into sterile jars
cook syrup down until it will coat a spoon. Then
pour over tomato & pineapple filling to seal flooring.
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# Pinati Sweet Pickle
*(Green Tomato and Pineapple)*
## Ingredients
### Produce
- 3 lbs small green tomatoes, sliced fairly thick
- 2 lbs fresh pineapple, sliced to approximately half the size of tomato pieces
### Syrup
- 2 lbs (approximately 4 1/2 cups) granulated sugar
- 1 lb clover honey
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 4 cups mild cider vinegar
### Spice Bag
- 1 Tbsp whole allspice
- 1 Tbsp whole cloves
- 2 Tbsp mustard seed
- 1 Tbsp stick cinnamon
- 1/2 blade mace (see Editor's Notes)
## Instructions
1. Combine vinegar, sugar, honey, and pineapple juice in a large pot.
2. Tie allspice, cloves, mustard seed, cinnamon, and mace in a double layer of cheesecloth and drop into the liquid.
3. Bring syrup to a boil, then pour over tomatoes and pineapple in a large bowl or crock.
4. Cover and let stand 24 hours.
5. Drain off liquid into a pot and bring back to a boil.
6. Add tomatoes and pineapple to the boiling liquid and cook until tender and clear.
7. Pack tomatoes and pineapple into sterilized jars.
8. Continue cooking syrup until it coats a spoon.
9. Remove spice bag. Pour hot syrup over fruit in jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of rim.
10. Seal jars while hot. Process according to current canning guidelines.
## Editor's Notes
- **"Pinati"** — could be a family or personal name rather than a culinary term; recipe attributed accordingly. Not a recognized period preserve category.
- **"Filling to seal flooring"** — transcription artifact on original card; interpreted as "filling to within 1/4 inch of rim; seal jars." Standard canning headspace instruction. -
Kosher Dill Pickles
KOSHER DILL PICKLES
Medium sized cucumbers
1/3 teaspoon mustard seed
1/3 teaspoon celery seed
4 to 6 heads dill
2 quarts vinegar
1 cup sugar
2 quarts water
1/2 cup salt
Small piece each of red pepper, onion, garlic,
bay leaf and alum (optional)
Scald cucumbers and cover with cold water to cool.
Dry and pack into quart jars. Into each jar put the above
mentioned quantity of mustard and celery seed, dill, red
pepper, onion, garlic, bay leaf and alum (if desired).
Combine vinegar, sugar, water and salt, heat and fill jars.
Seal. This yields enough liquid for about 50 cucumbers.
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# Kosher Dill Pickles
## Ingredients
- Medium sized cucumbers
- 1/3 tsp mustard seed (per jar)
- 1/3 tsp celery seed (per jar)
- 4 to 6 heads dill
- 2 quarts vinegar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 quarts water
- 1/2 cup salt
- Small piece each of red pepper, onion, garlic, bay leaf, and alum (optional)
## Instructions
1. Scald cucumbers and cover with cold water to cool.
2. Dry and pack into quart jars.
3. Into each jar put the above-mentioned quantity of mustard seed and celery seed, dill, red pepper, onion, garlic, bay leaf, and alum (if desired).
4. Combine vinegar, sugar, water, and salt; heat and fill jars.
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Garlic or Kosher Pickles
GARLIC OR KOSHER PICKLES
Wash medium size cucumbers very well. Pour boiling
water over cucumbers, let stand 2 minutes and dip im-
mediately into cold water. Dry cucumbers and pack into
sterilized jars. To each quart add 1/3 teaspoon mustard
seed, 1/3 teaspoon celery seed, small piece each of onion,
garlic, bay leaf, red pepper and 1/8 teaspoon alum (option-
al). Cover contents of each jar with boiling hot liquid,
made in the proportion of 2 quarts vinegar, 2 quarts
water, 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup salt. Seal. Let stand for
several weeks before using.
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# Garlic or Kosher Pickles
## Ingredients
- Medium size cucumbers
- 1/3 tsp mustard seed (per quart jar)
- 1/3 tsp celery seed (per quart jar)
- Small piece onion (per quart jar)
- Small piece garlic (per quart jar)
- Bay leaf (per quart jar)
- Red pepper (per quart jar)
- 1/8 tsp alum, optional (per quart jar)
## Brine (per batch)
- 2 quarts vinegar
- 2 quarts water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup salt
## Instructions
1. Wash medium size cucumbers very well.
2. Pour boiling water over cucumbers, let stand 2 minutes, then dip immediately into cold water.
3. Dry cucumbers and pack into sterilized jars.
4. To each quart jar add 1/3 tsp mustard seed, 1/3 tsp celery seed, a small piece each of onion, garlic, bay leaf, red pepper, and 1/8 tsp alum (optional).
5. Combine 2 quarts vinegar, 2 quarts water, 1 cup sugar, and 1/2 cup salt; bring to a boil.
6. Cover contents of each jar with the boiling hot liquid.
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Kate Smith 14 Day Pickles
Kate Smith
14 day pickels [sic]
75–100 small cukes
Salt
Water
1 tbsp Alum
Place cukes in a stone jar & cover with brine (1 pt salt to 1 gal Water). These [stand] [in the] brine — [drain], 7 [days/7th day]. [Cover with boiling water? with] the Alum [well?] desolved [sic] — Soak 24 hrs — Wash cukes — Split in Half. Cover with Boiling Wotr [sic] & let [stand] another 24 [hrs], [drain], cover with follow[in]g
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1 oz celery seed — ½ oz stick cinnamon — ½ oz whole cloves
6 cups white sugar — 5 qts Boiling Vinegar
These [stand] [in this] 7 days [before] sealing ([each] [morning/day] dr[ain?] 3 [?] [drain off] liquid, heat to boiling, add 1 cup sugar), pour back to cukes. Let stand 3 days undisturbed. Drain liquid, Heat to Boiling & pour over pickels after placing in jars — Seal While Hot!
[later annotation, ink, different hand or sitting]: ⅓ˢ — almost certainly a scaling note ("make ⅓ batch"), worth flagging in provenance since it's the only ink on a pencil card
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# Kate Smith 14 Day Pickles
*Attributed to Kate Smith (radio broadcast, likely late 1930s–1940s)*
## Ingredients
- 75–100 small cucumbers
- 1 pint salt per gallon water (for brine)
- 1 Tbsp alum
- 1 oz celery seed
- 1/2 oz stick cinnamon
- 1/2 oz whole cloves
- 6 cups white sugar (plus approximately 1 cup per day during syrup stage)
- 5 quarts white vinegar
## Instructions
1. Place cucumbers in a stone jar and cover with brine (1 pint salt to 1 gallon water). Let stand 7 days, then drain.
2. Cover with boiling water in which alum has been dissolved. Soak 24 hours.
3. Wash cucumbers and split in half.
4. Cover with fresh boiling water and let stand another 24 hours. Drain.
5. Combine vinegar, 6 cups sugar, celery seed, cinnamon, and cloves; bring to a boil. Pour over cucumbers.
6. Each day for approximately 3 to 4 days, drain off the syrup, heat to boiling, add 1 cup sugar, and pour back over cucumbers.
7. Let stand undisturbed for 3 days.
8. Drain syrup and heat to boiling. Pack cucumbers into jars, pour boiling syrup over, and seal while hot.
## Editor's Notes
- **Attribution:** Card is headed "Kate Smith 14 Day Pickles" — Kate Smith hosted daytime radio programs in the late 1930s and 1940s that regularly featured recipes. The card's phonetic spellings ("pickels," "desolved," "Wotr") and mixed longhand/Gregg shorthand are consistent with real-time dictation transcription from a radio broadcast. Treat as probable provenance, not confirmed.
- **Gregg shorthand:** The card mixes careful longhand for quantities and unusual words with Gregg shorthand outlines for repeated process phrases ("stand," "drain," "each"). This pattern is characteristic of dictation transcription. All shorthand has been expanded with high to moderate confidence; one passage in the verso parenthetical remains uncertain and is reconstructed from recipe context.
- **Alum** was a standard period ingredient for crisping pickles. It is no longer recommended for home canning by the USDA; modern recipes substitute calcium chloride (Pickle Crisp) or simply omit it.
- **Sugar quantity** accumulates over the syrup stage — the 6 cups in the initial syrup plus approximately 1 cup added per reheat day produces a very sweet finished pickle, consistent with the 14-day sweet pickle tradition.
- **"Seal while hot"** — period canning instruction; follow current USDA home canning guidelines for safe processing.
- **Stone jar** for the brine stage = a ceramic crock; a large glass or food-safe plastic container is the modern equivalent. -
Ripe Tomato Preserves
Ripe Tomato Preserves
This recipe came from my own roots. It's one
my mother used to make and it's delicious. In fact,
it is one that money can't buy. At any rate, I have
never found this preserve on grocer's shelves in
all of my meanderings.
Prepare the tomatoes by washing, then scalding
with boiling water to make the skins slip off easily.
Cut out the stems and hard cores and put the
tomatoes through a coarse grinder. If you don't
have a grinder, dice them up into small chunks.
Into a large kettle, measure:
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup boiling water
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 package pectin
grated rind of 1 lemon
2-1/4 cups ground, ripe tomatoes
Stir well and bring to a boil. Add 3-1/2 cups of
sugar and bring to a rolling boil. Boil for exactly 4
minutes. You must stir the preserves all the time
you are making it . . . but the whole process takes
only about 6 minutes. Pour into 1/2 pint sterilized
jars and seal.
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# Ripe Tomato Preserves
## Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 package pectin
- Grated rind of 1 lemon
- 2-1/4 cups ground, ripe tomatoes
- 3-1/2 cups sugar
## Instructions
1. Prepare the tomatoes by washing, then scalding with boiling water to make the skins slip off easily.
2. Cut out the stems and hard cores and put the tomatoes through a coarse grinder. If you don't have a grinder, dice them up into small chunks.
3. Into a large kettle, measure the lemon juice, boiling water, salt, pectin, grated lemon rind, and ground tomatoes.
4. Stir well and bring to a boil.
5. Add 3-1/2 cups of sugar and bring to a rolling boil.
6. Boil for exactly 4 minutes, stirring the preserves the entire time. The whole process takes only about 6 minutes.
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Smorgasbord Beets
SMORGASBORD BEETS
4 cups sliced cooked beets (or very small beets
may be used)
1 cup white sugar
2 cups vinegar
½ teaspoon salt
6 whole cloves
¼ teaspoon whole pickling spices
Combine sugar, vinegar, salt, spices and heat. Add
cooked beets and heat through. Place in dish or jar and
allow to stand for a minimum of 4 hours before serving.
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# Smorgasbord Beets
## Ingredients
- 4 cups sliced cooked beets (or very small beets may be used)
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 cups vinegar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 whole cloves
- 1/4 tsp whole pickling spices
## Instructions
1. Combine sugar, vinegar, salt, and spices and heat.
2. Add cooked beets and heat through.
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Stuffed Tomatoes / Orange Beet Conserve
Prepare tomatoes for stuffing by cut-
ting off tops and scooping out seeds and
pulp. You may wish to scallop edges for
decoration.
Brown sausage, peppers and onion in oil
over medium heat. Add chili powder, rice
and bread crumbs. Mix and simmer for 2
minutes. Fill tomato shells, place in
greased baking dish and top with grated
cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 min-
utes. Serves 6.
ORANGE BEET CONSERVE
8 medium beets
1 large orange, cut in eighths and
seeded
1 medium lemon, cut in eighths
and seeded
2 cups light corn syrup
2 cups sugar
1 cup slivered blanched almonds
1 tablespoon ground ginger
Cook beets in skins in boiling water to
cover until tender, about 25 minutes.
Drain and peel; cool and grate coarsely.
(Yields about 4 cups grated beets.)
Slice orange and lemon very thin. Mix
together in a large kettle the beets,
orange, lemon, corn syrup and sugar.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring
constantly. Reduce heat and simmer 40
minutes, stirring occasionally. Add al-
monds and ginger; stir to mix and simmer
5 minutes longer or until thickened. Pour
into clean, hot jars leaving 1/4-inch heads-
pace.
Seal according to jar manufacturer's
directions. Process in boiling water bath
10 minutes for pint jars or 5 minutes for
1/2-pint jars. (If desired, ladle into sterili-
zed jelly glasses and seal with paraffin.)
Yields about six 1/2-pint jars.
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# Orange Beet Conserve
## Ingredients
- 8 medium beets
- 1 large orange, cut in eighths and seeded
- 1 medium lemon, cut in eighths and seeded
- 2 cups light corn syrup
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup slivered blanched almonds
- 1 Tbsp ground ginger
## Instructions
1. Cook beets in skins in boiling water to cover until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain and peel; cool and grate coarsely. (Yields about 4 cups grated beets.)
2. Slice orange and lemon very thin.
3. Mix together in a large kettle the beets, orange, lemon, corn syrup and sugar.
4. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
5. Reduce heat and simmer 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Add almonds and ginger; stir to mix and simmer 5 minutes longer or until thickened.
7. Pour into clean, hot jars leaving 1/4-inch headspace.
8. Seal according to jar manufacturer's directions. Process in boiling water bath 10 minutes for pint jars or 5 minutes for 1/2-pint jars. (If desired, ladle into sterilized jelly glasses and seal with paraffin.)
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Quickie Pickle
Quickie Pickle
2 medium cucumbers ½ c. sugar.
3 " onions
½ c. white vinegar ½ tsp salt.
Do not peel cucumbers, score them
lengthwise with tine of fork. Slice
paper thin. Slice onion, separate
into rings. Combine with cucumbers
combine vinegar & sugar salt. Stir
over low heat until sugar dissolves.
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Bring to a boil. Pour over cucs &
onions. Chill, recipe 6 hr 8 serving
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# Quickie Pickle
## Ingredients
- 2 medium cucumbers
- 3 onions
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
## Instructions
1. Do not peel cucumbers; score them lengthwise with tine of fork. Slice paper thin.
2. Slice onions and separate into rings. Combine with cucumbers.
3. Combine vinegar, sugar, and salt. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
4. Bring to a boil. Pour over cucumbers and onions.
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Orange Marmalade / Orange and Lemon Marmalade
Orange Marmalade
6 Sunkist oranges
1 Sunkist lemon
11 cups cold water
7 cups sugar
Peel oranges, removing all white skin, and
slice thin. Slice lemon with rind on; cover
oranges and lemon with cold water; let stand
24 hours. Then boil 3 hours; add sugar, and
let boil 1 hour. Pour into glasses; cool, and
cover. This recipe makes 9 glasses of mar-
malade.
Orange and Lemon
Marmalade
Use 3 Sunkist oranges, 2 Sunkist Lemons, 5 cups
sugar, 5 cups water. Wipe fruit, and cut, crosswise,
in as thin slices as possible, removing seeds. Put into
preserving kettle, add water, and let stand 36 hours.
Place on range, bring to boiling point, and let boil
(not simmer) 2 hours. Add sugar, and boil 1 hour.
Turn into sterile glasses, let stand until firm, and cover
with melted paraffin.
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# Orange Marmalade
## Ingredients
- 6 Sunkist oranges
- 1 Sunkist lemon
- 11 cups cold water
- 7 cups sugar
## Instructions
1. Peel oranges, removing all white skin, and slice thin.
2. Slice lemon with rind on.
3. Cover oranges and lemon with cold water; let stand 24 hours.
4. Boil 3 hours; add sugar, and let boil 1 hour.
5. Pour into glasses; cool, and cover.
6. This recipe makes 9 glasses of marmalade.
# Orange and Lemon Marmalade
## Ingredients
- 3 Sunkist oranges
- 2 Sunkist lemons
- 5 cups sugar
- 5 cups water
## Instructions
1. Wipe fruit and cut crosswise in as thin slices as possible, removing seeds.
2. Put into preserving kettle, add water, and let stand 36 hours.
3. Place on range, bring to boiling point, and let boil (not simmer) 2 hours.
4. Add sugar and boil 1 hour.
5. Turn into sterile glasses, let stand until firm, and cover with melted paraffin.