Stuffed Cucumbers

Ingredients

• one large head of cabbage
• two medium heads of cabbage
• one-half pound of black mustard seeds
• one pound of white mustard seeds
• one tablespoonful of ground ginger
• one tablespoonful of cinnamon
• two tablespoonfuls of mustard
• one ounce of celery seeds
• one tablespoonful of fennel seeds
• one-half teacupful of ground black pepper
• one-half teacup of red pepper
• six large onions
• one-half pint of horse radish
• five cents' worth of tumeric
• three ground nutmegs
• about half a handful of garlic
• one and one-half pounds of brown sugar
• one-half gallon of best cider vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Shave the cabbage fine, salt it well, and let it drain for twenty-four hours.

2. 2

   Add mustard seeds, ginger, cinnamon, mustard, celery seeds, fennel seeds, black pepper, red pepper, onions, horse radish, tumeric, nutmegs, and garlic.

3. 3

   Mix with salad oil and pour boiling vinegar over the pickles.

4. 4

   Pack in a stone jar and add more vinegar if necessary.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 14 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The complete cook book (1900) by Rees, Jennie Day Mrs., page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STUFFED CUCUMBERS. For six gallons or fifty mangoes, take one large or two medium heads of cabbage; shave it fine, salt it well and Bang it up in a bag for twenty-four hours to drain ; then lay in a shady place to dry. When dry add one-half pound of black mustard seeds, one pound of white mustard seeds, one tablespoonful* of ground ginger, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, two tablespoonfuls of mustard, one ounce of celery seeds and one tablespoon- ful of fennel seeds. Mix this thoroughly, and then add one-half teacupful of ground black pepper, one-half teacup of red pepper, six large onions, cut fine (don't forget to skin and salt the onions and let soak or stand The Complete Cook Book. 293 for several hours), one-half pint of horse radish, scraped fine ; five cents' worth of tumeric, three ground nutmegs and a few buttons of garlic— about half a handful. Mix this with one pint of best salad oil. Put one and one-half pounds of brown sugar to one-half gallon of best cider vinegar

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