Pickled Cucumbers
From Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide, 1882
Serves 8
The pickles will be sour and ready to eat, keeping well all winter without vinegar.
Presented as published in 1882. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 142. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
a layer of cucumbers snugly on the leaves, and sprinkle over them a small handful ©f salt; then lay the grape leaves again, and then cucumbers and salt, and repeat the order until the vessel is nearly full ; cover over with vine leaves, and put a round board on the leaves with a clean stone on the top ; fill the vessel with water
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