{"id":7923,"slug":"green-tomato-pickle-french-pickle","title":"GREEN TOMATO PICKLE (FRENCH PICKLE)","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["a peck of green tomatoes","eight large white onions","six green-bell peppers","a pint of salt","a pint of cold water","a quart of cider vinegar","a half pint of tarragon vinegar","a pound of granulated sugar","a half pound of yellow mustard seeds","four bay leaves","an ounce of stick cinnamon (broken in short lengths)","six whole cloves"],"ingredients_norm":["peck of green tomato","white onion","green bell pepper","salt","cold water","cider vinegar","tarragon vinegar","granulated sugar","yellow mustard seed","bay leaf","cinnamon","whole clove"],"steps":["Wash thoroughly the tomatoes, onions and peppers.","Remove the seeds from the peppers.","Slice all the vegetables very thin.","Put them in a stone jar.","Sprinkle a pint of salt over them and add a pint of cold water.","Cover them with a napkin and let stand overnight.","In the morning put as much of the pickle as it will hold in a colander; let cold water run over; drain the vegetables a moment, then turn them from the colander into a large preserving kettle. Repeat the process till all are in the kettle.","Add a quart of cider vinegar, a half pint of tarragon vinegar, a pound of granulated sugar, a half pound of yellow mustard seeds, four bay leaves, an ounce of stick cinnamon (broken in short lengths), and six whole cloves.","Stand the kettle over a slow fire and let the whole simmer for an hour with the cover of the kettle drawn back two inches.","Stir the mixture frequently.","At the end of the hour put the pickle in a stone crock or in glass jars."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w108:7","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"3ce43fa21026e1c9b6e3dc525777fbfae891a2b772a11cc05215c1911ed235ce","created_at":"2026-08-02T17:05:39Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/green-tomato-pickle-french-pickle"}