{"id":6512,"slug":"sweet-and-sour-bananas","title":"Sweet-and-sour bananas","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["six ounces of brown sugar","some pepper berries tied in cheese cloth","one quart of vinegar","three sliced green peppers","six sliced pimentos","one dozen bananas"],"ingredients_norm":["brown sugar","pepper berries tied in cheese cloth","vinegar","green pepper","pimento","banana"],"steps":["Put six ounces of brown sugar and some pepper berries tied in cheese cloth, in one quart of vinegar and bring to the boiling point.","Then add three sliced green peppers and boil for two minutes, add six sliced pimentos and remove the pepper berries.","Peel one dozen bananas and put them in an earthern jar and pour the boiling vinegar and peppers over them.","Let stand for twelve hours and serve cold."],"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/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w138:9","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"dbf87c737dd1fc1ef142967c1c027054eb18363eb37d9d9885048c2344abc35d","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:52:24Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T16:52:24Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), 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/sweet-and-sour-bananas"}