------PICKLING---
this recipe is for ONE QUART
--1 pound of fillets
--3 tablespoons of water[spring water NOT town water]
--1 teaspoon of allspice or 2 tsp of picking spice[i like allspice]
--3/4 cup of sugar
--3 large onion slices[thin]
--3 cups of WHITE vinegar[5%]
--3 bay leaves
--1/8 teaspoon of black pepper
---------------------------------pickling solution for one quart-------------------
in a small GLASS pan boil 3 tablespoons of water with 1 teaspoon of allspice
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in a big GLASS pan boil 3 cups of vinegar, 3/4 cup sugar, 3 bay leaves, 1/8 teaspoon of
pepper and put others in you like[ginger,hot pepper, ]
DONOT cut back on vinegar if you want it sweeter ADD sugar
-------------------------------get fish ready for pickling---after freezing----------
1-put fish in a glass bowl with a gallon of water/cup of salt[NOT TABLE SALT] in refrigerate
---over night this will pull the blood out this helps stop the fish from going bad
2-after doing -1-pat fish dry and put in a flat bottom GLASS pan with about 1/4in salt
-- on the bottom place fish SKIN down on salt till salt is covered with fish then cover the fish
with salt and so on till full
3-refrigerate for 5 days[NO LESS]check every day you want fish to stay white , may need to
--dump some of the liquid out. this makes the fish tough so it will not get mushy
4-after the 5 days you need to get the salt OFF,soak in cold water for one hour changing the
water 5 times
5-the quart jar put 2 'COLD' cups of the pickling liquid in,some onions,some fish, till full
--now is the time to put in garlic or hot peppers,or ginger or others
6-refrigerate for 5 days before trying may keep in ref for 6 weeks??
hope this helps
RAT
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