Oil Mangoes

Ingredients

• 1 lb race ginger
• 1 lb horseradish
• 1 lb mustard seed
• 1/2 lb garlic
• 2 ounces black pepper
• 2 ounces clove
• 1/2 ounces mace
• mangoes
• salt
• sweet oil

Directions

1. Lay mangoes in saltwater until they have yellowed.
2. Scald the mangoes until they are green.
3. Soak ingredients together well and beat them in a mortar.
4. Mix ingredients with a pint of made mustard and as much sweet oil to make ingredients into a paste.
5. Fill mangoes with paste and place into a pot.
6. Bring a pot of vinegar to a boil, then pour over mangoes.

Source — Creole Cookery

Prepared by Juan Chavez

Louisiana Anthology

July 18, 2019