Mrs Beetons Jams and Preserves Revisited
Pickled Nasturtiums
(a very good substitute for Capers)
To each pint of vinegar
25g (1oz) Salt
6 Peppercorns
Nasturtiums
Gather the nasturtium pods on a dry day and wipe them clean with a cloth.
Put them in a dry sterilised glass bottle, with vinegar, salt and pepper in the above proportion.
If you cannot find enough ripe to fill a bottle, cap it with what you have got until you have some more fit, they may be added from day to day.
Seal the bottles with airtight caps.
They will be fit for use in 10 or 12 months and the best way is to make them one season for the next.
Seasonable.Look for nasturtium-pods from the end of July to the end of August.
PICKLED NASTURTIUMS
(a very good Substitute for Capers)
482. INGREDIENTS - To each pint of vinegar, 1 oz. of salt, 6 peppercorns, nasturtiums.
Mode - Gather the nasturtium-pods on a dry day, and wipe them clean with a cloth; put them in a dry glass bottle, with vinegar, salt, and pepper in the above proportion. If you cannot find enough ripe to fill a bottle, cork up what you have got until you have some more fit: they may be added from day to day. Bung up the bottles, and seal or rosin the tops. They will be fit for use in 10 or 12 months; and the best way is to make them one season for the next.
Seasonable - Look for nasturtium-pods from the end of July to the end of August.
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