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# Sweet Pickles

Tomato and Fig Pickles

# Ingredients

One peck of green tomatoes sliced and salted in layers, place in granite boiler over night. In the morning drain off brine and rinse in cold water.

Chop up a pound of figs, add to the tomatoes, cover with vinegar and boil twenty minutes; add 1 pound of seeded raisins, 1 cup of vinegar, 4 cups of sugar, 20 cloves and a few sticks of cinnamon tied in a cheese cloth bag, and cook together slowly for 3/4 of an hour.

# Credits and Notes

This recipe was written by Lucretia L. Blankenburg (1845 - 1937; Q55726002 on Wikidata), an American suffragist, social activist, civic reformer, writer, and president of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association.

• Some or all of the text on this page was taken from The Suffrage Cook Book (1915) - this work is out of copyright. It is not always clear on who wrote what recipe.

This page was last edited on 2026-09-09 03:46:52.

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