Sweet Pickles

Ingredients

• 200 small, firm cucumbers
• 3 qts best cider vinegar
• 2 ozs each cinnamon
• 2 ozs each allspice
• 2 ozs each cloves
• 3 lbs brown sugar
• a few small red peppers

Method

1. 1

   Wipe clean 200 small, firm cucumbers and let them stand over night in salt water.

2. 2

   In the morning drain, wipe dry, and drop them into 3 qts best cider vinegar, to which has been added 2 ozs each cinnamon, allspice and cloves, 3 lbs brown sugar and a few small red peppers.

3. 3

   Boil about 5 minutes, then turn into jars and seal while hot.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 30 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 171. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

sweet pickles melt 1 cup sugar in each qt vinegar. — [Mrs. G., Wis. Dill Pickles Wash sound, medium sized pickles and put them to soak over night in a brine made of 1 cup salt to 2 gals water. Next morning wipe the cucumbers dry, put a layer in a jar, then a layer of freshly gathered grape leaves, another layer of cherry leaves and one of dill, then another layer of cucum- bers, and so on until the jar is full. Cover with a fresh brine prepared the same as directed above, cover with a cloth, weight down with a board and stone, so that the cucumbers will be well covered with the brine, cover the jar, and set away in a cool place. — [M. S. L., Wis. 252 FARM AND HOME COOK BOOK Sweet Pickles Wipe clean 200 small, firm cucumbers and let them stand over night in salt water. In the morning drain, wipe dry, and drop them into 3 qts best cider vinegar, to which has been added 2 ozs each cinnamon, allspice and cloves, 3 lbs brown sugar and a few small red peppers

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