OK so I was following along with the "On My Mind" Weekly visits to others' blogs and came across this post... Pickled Lemons Recipe Request ; so it got me thinking about Pickled Lemons. I looked through several of my own preserving books and came across this recipe in my Stocking Up book....
See the recipe following the Pickled Lemons; it's for Pickled Peaches and Scott and I got to talking about it and he ended up calling his mother for her Pickled Peaches recipe which led to a trip to her house to pick up this treasure...
Here is the recipe she used for Pickled Peaches:
She told us she never used brown sugar just white sugar because when she was a young bride they didn't have money for brown and it worked just fine. She also told us that her Mother's copy of this book is in better shape and she believes it to be at Uncle Jessie's house - I would LOVE this cookbook. It has some REAL treasures in it; like these:
Book credits:
Stocking Up: How to Preserve the Foods You Grow Naturally; By the Editors of Organic Gardening and Farming
Copyright 1977 Rodale Press, Inc
ISBN 0-87857-167-1
RUMFORD COMPLETE COOKBOOK; By Lily Hartworth Wallace
Copyright dates of 1rst edition 1908 to 43rd edition 1948 By Rumford Chemical Works
Could not locate an ISBN #.
Okay, that "eggs in prison" recipe actually looks really good. The title alone screams to make the recipe ;) :) :) M y dad will LOVE this and get a good laugh out of it, too :) :) I hope you can get that cookbook. They're like little time capsules aren't they ? :) :) :) Have a lovely weekend. Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks wonderful. I love old cookbooks and books about homemaking.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing.
Have a wonderful weekend.
My mom used to can pickled peaches. They were so good in the winter time. She used the same recipe Scott's mom used. We couldn't afford brown sugar either, mom traded eggs for white sugar at the grocery in our little town.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love old cookbooks. I have the Rumford Complete Cook Book but it has a green cover and is copyright 1933. It seems that the recipes are so much simpler in the old books but they're still so good.
ReplyDeleteFantastic Becky. Research well done! Don't you love the title Eggs in Prison.
ReplyDeleteTHANK-YOU!
Cheers
Ro
Yes, those old cookbooks can be fascinating can't they? I love the names too. They do look very do-able and the pickled peaches sound most intriguing.
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