How long should the blueberries stand in the vinegar?

The berries are covered with vinegar and stand for 24 hours (hence the total time of about 1460 minutes). Then the vinegar is strained off.

How are the berries arranged after the vinegar bath?

The strained berries are layered with sugar in a crock.

What ingredients do I need?

Just three things: cleaned blueberries, vinegar, and sugar. The recipe is taken from Henriette Schønberg Erken's Great Cookbook (1914), p. 585.

Blueberries with Vinegar

Name: Blueberries with Vinegar
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 24 h
Total time: 24 h 20 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: blueberries (cleaned); vinegar (enough to cover the berries); sugar (for layering)

Blueberries with vinegar from Erken (1914, p. 585): cleaned blueberries covered with vinegar and left for 24 hours, the vinegar strained off and the berries layered with sugar in a crock. No quantities given in the original.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 585 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

An old, cook-free method of preservation in which the vinegar penetrates the berries before they are layered with sugar. Suits as an accompaniment to meat and game.

How to make it

1
Place the berries in vinegar
Pour vinegar over the cleaned blueberries and let them stand for 24 hours.
2
Strain off
Strain the vinegar from the berries.
3
Place in a crock
Layer the berries with sugar in a crock.

Changes from the original

No quantities are given in the original; the ingredients are therefore listed without measurements. The method has been split into steps in modern Norwegian.

Tidsmaskin – hva endret seg?

Velg to utgaver og se hva Henriette Schønberg Erken la til, fjernet eller endret mellom dem.

Fra1914 1949 Modernisert

Til1914 1949 Modernisert

1914 (korrekturlest, s. 585) → 1949 (korrekturlest, s. 704)~29% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til

~~Blaabær~~ Blåbær eddik sukker. De rensede bær ~~overheldes~~ overhelles med eddiken, ~~staar~~ står i 24 timer; eddiken siles fra, og bærene ~~lægges~~ legges i krukke lagvis med sukker.

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How long should the blueberries stand in the vinegar?: The berries are covered with vinegar and stand for 24 hours (hence the total time of about 1460 minutes). Then the vinegar is strained off.
How are the berries arranged after the vinegar bath?: The strained berries are layered with sugar in a crock.
What ingredients do I need?: Just three things: cleaned blueberries, vinegar, and sugar. The recipe is taken from Henriette Schønberg Erken's Great Cookbook (1914), p. 585.

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