Unripe Cucumbers (Gherkins)

Ingredients

• To 1 gal. of pickles
• i cup salt
• i pint each of vinegar
• a small piece of alum about the size of a hickory nut

Method

1. 1

   To 1 gallon of pickles add 1 cup salt and cover with boiling water.

2. 2

   Let stand 24 hours, then pour off the water, heat to boiling point and pour back over the pickles.

3. 3

   Let stand for another 24 hours.

4. 4

   Then heat together 1 pint each of vinegar and water and a small piece of alum.

5. 5

   Drain the cucumbers from the brine, pour over them the boiling hot vinegar and water with the dissolved alum, and let stand in that solution until firm for about 6 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 202. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Unripe Cucumbers (Gherkins) To I gal. of pickles add i cup salt and cover with boiling water. Let stand 24 h, then pour off the water, heat to the boiling point and pour back over the pickles. Let stand for 24 h and repeat the above directions. Let stand for another 24 h. Then heat together i pint each of vinegar and water and a small piece of alum about the size of a hickory nut

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