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Spiced Cucumber Pickles

From The national course in home economics, 1917

Serves 20

Presented as published in 1917. 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 The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 265. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPICED CUCUriBER PICKLES— No. 2. Cover one hundred cucumbers with one pint of cold water. Soak five days, each day stirring them well up from the bottom. Rinse in hot water, and let stand till cold. Wipe them dr}^ Scald vinegar enough to cover them^ and add one cupful of sugar, a lump of alum one-half the size of an G^gg. Spice to suit the taste

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