Cucumber Vinegar

Ingredients

• eighteen large cucumbers
• six large onions
• twelve shallots
• one head of garlic
• a table-spoonful of salt
• the same of ground pepper
• a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper
• two quarts of good vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Slice cucumbers and onions thin, put into a pan with shallots, garlic, salt, ground pepper, and cayenne pepper.

2. 2

   Add vinegar and let stand for four days.

3. 3

   Strain through a flannel bag and bottle with twenty peppercorns in each bottle.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 2225. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

eighteen large cucumbers and six large onions ; slice them thin, and put them into a pan with twelve shallots, one head of garlic, a table-spoonful of salt, the same of ground pepper, and a tea- spoonful of cayenne pepper. Add to these two quarts of good vinegar

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