meric, race-ginger cut fine, and red or green pepper chopped fine. Moisten the mustard-seed with hot vinegar; mix all well together ; put two small cloves of garlic and two table- spoonfuls of sugar in each melon; press the filling in firmly, and sew in the piece with strong Avhite thread; then lay them in a porcelain kettle, with a lump of alum the size of a walnut; pour over them enough weak vinegar to cover them well, and let them come to a boiling over a slew fire. "When cold, take them out and drain them, pack them in a jar, and cover them with cold vinegar sweetened to taste. Mrs. America Hove. OIL MANGOES. Take green tender melons, cut them open, take out the seed, fill them with salt, and let them lie twenty-four hours. Make a filling of one pound of white mustard-seed, one pound of grated horse-radish, half a pound of garlic, one ounce of green peppers chopped fine, one ounce of race-gin- ger cut fine, two ounces of allspice, one ounce of mace✪ Muskmelon Mangoes, two ounces of celery-seed, and four table-spoonfuls of pure olive- oil ; mix all together well. Clean the salt out of the melous, fill them, sew together, and put them in jars. If any of the filling is left, put it in the jars with the mangoes. Cover with boiling vinegar. Fresh butter can be used instead of olive-oil. Mrs. Adxa A. YVadsvtorth. CUCUMBER MANGOES. Take two dozen large green cucumbers ; cut a piece out of the side and fasten it to the cucumber with a stitch taken with a needle and strong thread; scrape out the seeds and all the pulp, and lay them in weak salt-water five hours. Make a dressing of two large heads of cabbage and four green peppers chopped fine, two ounces of eelery-seeel, two ounces of white mustard-seed, one ounce of ground black pepper, one ounce of salt, and one tea-cupful of sugar✪ Cucumber Mangoes. In 108 The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. filling the cucumbers, squeeze the water from the dressing, put two onion sets and two small beans in each cucumber, put back the piece and tie a strip of cotton an inch wide around the cucumber to hold it in place; then put them in a porcelain kettle, with a layer of grape or cabbage leaves and a table-spoonful of alum alternately. Cover with vin- egar, and scald three-quarters of an hour; then lift them out into jars, adding spices to taste. To a gallon of the best cider vinegar put one and one-half pound of sugar, boil fifteen minutes, and pour over the mangoes; if not enough to cover them well, add cold vinegar. Tie up closely or seal. ^ Splendid. Mrs. Clay Sadler. PEACH MANGOES. Select large cling peaches, ripe but not soft; lay them in weak brine for three days, soak them two hours in fresh water, wipe them with a coarse linen towel to take off the fuzz; cut them nicely from the seed, and fill them with a little chopped cabbage, white mustard-seed, cinnamon, and one small garlic to each peach ; sew or tie them together, put them in jars, and pour over them boiling vinegar made very sweet with brown sugar. A table-spoonful of olive-oil✪ Stuffed Peaches added to the filling is an improvement. Mrs. Bettie Johnson. PEPPER MANGOES. ✪ Pepper Mangoes

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meric, race-ginger cut fine, and red or green pepper chopped fine. Moisten the mustard-seed with hot vinegar; mix all well together ; put two small cloves of garlic and two tablespoonfuls of sugar in each melon; press the filling in firmly, and sew in the piece with strong white thread; then lay them in a porcelain kettle, with a lump of alum the size of a walnut; pour over them enough weak vinegar to cover them well, and let them come to a boiling over a slew fire. "When cold, take them out and drain them, pack them in a jar, and cover them with cold vinegar sweetened to taste. Mrs. America Hove. OIL MANGOES. Take green tender melons, cut them open, take out the seed, fill them with salt, and let them lie twenty-four hours. Make a filling of one pound of white mustard-seed, one pound of grated horse-radish, half a pound of garlic, one ounce of green peppers chopped fine, one ounce of race-ginger cut fine, two ounces of allspice, one ounce of mace, two ounces of celery-seed, and four table-spoonfuls of pure olive-oil ; mix all together well. Clean the salt out of the melons, fill them, sew together, and put them in jars. If any of the filling is left, put it in the jars with the mangoes. Cover with boiling vinegar. Fresh butter can be used instead of olive-oil. Mrs. Adxa A. Wadsworth. CUCUMBER MANGOES. Take two dozen large green cucumbers ; cut a piece out of the side and fasten it to the cucumber with a stitch taken with a needle and strong thread; scrape out the seeds and all the pulp, and lay them in weak salt-water five hours. Make a dressing of two large heads of cabbage and four green peppers chopped fine, two ounces of celery-seed, two ounces of white mustard-seed, one ounce of ground black pepper, one ounce of salt, and one tea-cupful of sugar. In 108 The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. filling the cucumbers, squeeze the water from the dressing, put two onion sets and two small beans in each cucumber, put back the piece and tie a strip of cotton an inch wide around the cucumber to hold it in place; then put them in a porcelain kettle, with a layer of grape or cabbage leaves and a table-spoonful of alum alternately. Cover with vinegar, and scald three-quarters of an hour; then lift them out into jars, adding spices to taste. To a gallon of the best cider vinegar put one and one-half pound of sugar, boil fifteen minutes, and pour over the mangoes; if not enough to cover them well, add cold vinegar. Tie up closely or seal. Splendid. Mrs. Clay Sadler. PEACH MANGOES. Select large cling peaches, ripe but not soft; lay them in weak brine for three days, soak them two hours in fresh water, wipe them with a coarse linen towel to take off the fuzz; cut them nicely from the seed, and fill them with a little chopped cabbage, white mustard-seed, cinnamon, and one small garlic to each peach ; sew or tie them together, put them in jars, and pour over them boiling vinegar made very sweet with brown sugar. A table-spoonful of olive-oil added to the filling is an improvement. Mrs. Bettie Johnson. PEPPER MANGOES.

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