Chopped Cucumber Relish

Ingredients

• half a peck of medium-sized cucumbers
• two medium-sized onions
• one-third of a cup of salt
• a rounding tablespoonful of celery seed
• a rounding tablespoonful of mustard seed
• a level tablespoonful of ground mustard
• one-eighth of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper
• half a cup of brown sugar
• a pint of best vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Pare and chop cucumbers and onions, salt separately overnight.

2. 2

   Drain and mix.

3. 3

   If too salty, cover with cold water and drain again.

4. 4

   In a kettle, add celery seed, mustard seed, ground mustard, cayenne pepper, brown sugar, and vinegar.

5. 5

   Boil for 10 minutes, then bottle and seal.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 12 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Rural cook book (1907), page 121. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chopped Cucumber Relish, — This is simple and very excellent. Pare and chop line half a peck of medium-sized cucumbers ; chop two medium- sized onions. Salt eadi separately over night, using one-third of a cup of salt in all. Drain thoroughly the next morning and mix. If the mixture seems too salty cover with cold water and drain a second time. Then put into a granite kettle, add a rounding tablespoonful each of celery seed and mustard seed, a level tablespoonful of ground mustard, one-eighth of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper, half a cup of brown sugar and a pint of best vinegar

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