Pineapple Pickle -CLASSICS OF THE AMERICAN METHODIST FAMILIES
The Classic Grand Americana recipe. The popular pastry Pineapple Pickle was recommended to all the Methodist families of the United States of America in 1908 all year. The original recipe of the Jamaican island.
Pineapple Pickle
For this Pineapple Pickle you will need
1-3 pineapples
2 pounds of white granulated sugar
1 pint of white vinegar
spices:
clove, cinnamon, allspice
This is the recipe of the naturally pickled pineapple. Quite rare in the Northern states, but popular in Jamaican methodist families.
For this pickled relish of the pineapple, you should slice the fresh the pineapple very thin and pour over it the special syrup made of two pounds granulated sugar boiled with a pint of vinegar, with spices of cloves cinnamon and allspice.
The next morning drain off the syrup from the pineapples and boil upon the syrup again and pour it over the fruit again. Repeat this twice again.So- to pickle your pineapple to the taste of our grandmothers you will need a week- exactly 24x4= four days. Beginning Monday- you have an nice pickled pinapple on Friday. Yes, it takes that long. But this is the real Jamaican treat.