{"id":7886,"slug":"pickled-crab-apples","title":"Pickled Crab-apples","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["three quarts tart, firm, red or yellow crab-apples","three cups of cider vinegar","three cups of sugar","one cup of water","two tablespoons of cloves","two sticks of cinnamon broken"],"ingredients_norm":["tart firm red or yellow crab apple","cider vinegar","sugar","water","clove","cinnamon broken"],"steps":["Select tart, firm, red or yellow crab-apples, three quarts; remove all decayed spots but leave the stems.","Put three cups of cider vinegar, three cups of sugar, and one cup of water in preserving kettle; let boil two minutes, add two tablespoons of cloves and two sticks of cinnamon broken; these spices must be tied in a bag, and let cook ten minutes.","Lift out carefully with perforated skimmer, put in glass jars.","When all the apples have been cooked, pour over enough syrup to cover; set spice bag away in a cup.","Cover jars and let stand twenty-four hours. Pour off syrup and boil again.","Wait two days, then boil apples, sugar, with spice bag until apples are tender but firm.","Place apples in jars; cover to keep hot. Boil down syrup a little and fill the jars to overflowing with the hot syrup and seal."],"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:w104:3","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.98,"content_hash":"ce36f1f557cda1f7660627bebcb425e23a4d997704069fb74f200ecc7dbfbed5","created_at":"2026-08-02T17:05:13Z","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/pickled-crab-apples"}