Cucumber Pickles

Ingredients

• 1 peck small cucumbers
• 1 peck small onions
• 1 cauliflower

Method

1. 1

   Let cucumbers, onions, and cauliflower stand in brine for 24 hours, then drain and scald in equal parts of vinegar and water.

2. 2

   Let stand overnight, then add fresh vinegar and red pepper to taste.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 115. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cucumber Pickles, Sweet. Peal and cut the cucumbers in pieces and put a layer in stone jar, then a layer of salt and so on. The next morning wash them off and cook them in i vinegar, ^ water till they are transparent, then drain them. Then make a syrup of 1 quart vinegar, 3 pounds brown sugar, some whole cloves, cinnamon and allspice. Tie spices in bag. Put cucumbers in the syrup and cook a few minutes longer. Take t-hein out, cook syrup 10 or 15 minutes longer, and pour over the cucumbers; have syrup enough to cover. Mrs, John Power. SUPERIOR COOK BOOK 155 The Best and Most Reliable Clothing FOR MKX. BOVS x\NU CHILDREN AT M. A. K^VTIN'S Corner Main and Pearl Sis. ISHPEMING, MICH. Syrup for Sweet Pickles or Peaches. Seven lbs. of fruit, 4 lbs. brown sugar, 1 t|t. vinegar, 1 oz. cloves, 2 oz. stick cin- namon. Boil vinegar and sugai', skim well, add spices and stick a clove in each piece of fruit. Boil 10 minutes, take out fruit and place in stone jar; pour boiling syrup over fruit to cover well. ^fus. C. J. Sitaddick. Cucumber Pickle. 1st morning: 'i'o 1 gal. of wati'r take 1 i-up of salt, let boil and pour over encumbers. 2nd da}': Boil some brine and pou)' over pickles again. 3rd day: Eepeat as for second day. 4th day: Make a new brine same as before and pour wliile boiling over pickles. oth day: Heat brine and pour over pickles. 6 til day: Same as 5th. 7th day: ]\Iake new bi'ine \ water and \ vinegar, boil and place over pickles. 8th day: To one gallon of vinegar take 8 pounds of brown sugar, small lump of alum, \ lb. white mustard seed, -^ lb. whole cloves, \ lb. whole allspice, \ lb. stick cinnamon, \ lb. celery seed, 3 red peppers sliced. Pour boiling hot over pickle and ]Mit in jars well covered. ^Tiss Maitland. Cucumber Pickles. Ojie peck small cucumbers, 1 peck small onions. 1 caulillower

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