{"id":162,"date":"2007-09-16T09:43:32","date_gmt":"2007-09-16T14:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howieat.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/16\/old-recipes-found\/"},"modified":"2007-09-16T09:43:32","modified_gmt":"2007-09-16T14:43:32","slug":"old-recipes-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/old-recipes-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Old recipes found"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems everyone has forgotten how to pickle and can things. Our generation is missing out on outstanding food.<\/font><\/p>\n

I’ve been trying to find recipes that I loved as a kid. Here are two my Mom sent me that are from my Dad’s mother Dessie Johnson.<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s project is going to be making these recipes to see if I can make them taste like I remember.<\/font><\/p>\n

I think the salt should be a tablespoon or even a teaspoon but NOT a cup<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Hot Dill Pickles\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/font>Dessie Johnson<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pinky size cucumbers (a lot)<\/font><\/p>\n

1 quart vinegar<\/font><\/p>\n

2 quarts water<\/font><\/p>\n

1 cup coarse salt<\/font><\/p>\n

Bring to a boil.<\/font><\/p>\n

Pack tightly in jars:<\/font><\/p>\n

cucumbers<\/font><\/p>\n

1 whole banana <\/font><\/p>\n

1 small (Pearl) onion<\/font><\/p>\n

1 head fresh dill (or 1 teaspoon dried)<\/font><\/p>\n

Pour biling mixture in packed jars to fill, seal jars.<\/font><\/p>\n

Boil sealed jars 5 minutes<\/font><\/p>\n

Lime Pickles\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/font>Dessie Johnson<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prepare in crock, enamel or plastic Only.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

7 pounds medium size cucumbers<\/font><\/p>\n

2 cups slated lime (hydrated)<\/font><\/p>\n

2 gallons water.<\/font><\/p>\n

Pour salted water over cucumbers and let set 24 hours.<\/font><\/p>\n

Rinse thouroughly in several changes of water.Let set in water 3 hours. <\/font><\/p>\n

Drain.<\/font><\/p>\n

Mix together<\/font>;<\/font><\/p>\n

1 Tablespoon coarse salt<\/font><\/p>\n

1 teaspoon mixed pickling spices<\/font><\/p>\n

1 teaspoon celery salt<\/font><\/p>\n

1 teaspoon whole cloves<\/font><\/p>\n

2 quarts + 1 cup vinegar<\/font><\/p>\n

5 pounds sugar<\/font><\/p>\n

Pour over pickles and let stand over night.<\/font><\/p>\n

Next day bring entire mixture to a boil<\/font><\/p>\n

Simmer 40 minutes<\/font><\/p>\n

Pack in hot jar and seal.<\/font><\/p>\n

You need them set at least a week<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems everyone has forgotten how to pickle and can things. Our generation is missing out on outstanding food. I’ve been trying to find recipes that I loved as a kid. Here are two my Mom sent me that are from my Dad’s mother Dessie Johnson. Today’s project is going to be making these recipes …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":13,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ramblings","tag-pickles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonypauley.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}