Whole Pickled Cucumbers (Gherkins)

Ingredients

• 4 quarts small green cucumbers
• 2 quarts boiling water
• 1 cup salt
• 1 tablespoon alum
• 1 gallon vinegar
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons allspice berries
• 2 tablespoons whole cloves
• small piece of ginger root
• 4 green peppers, chopped
• 4 pounds brown sugar

Method

1. 1

   Make brine and pour over washed cucumbers in a crock.

2. 2

   Let stand for 3 days, then drain.

3. 3

   Dissolve alum in boiling water and pour over cucumbers.

4. 4

   Let stand for 6 hours, then drain.

5. 5

   Boil vinegar with spices and sugar, then seal cucumbers in the liquid.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Blue Ribbon and Pure Gold cook book (1905) by Blue Ribbon Manufacturing Company, page 76. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Whole Pickled Cucumbers (Gherkins)—4 quarts small green cucumbers of even size, 2 quarts boiling water, 1 cup salt. Make brine, and while boiling hot pour over the cucumbers, which have been washed, and wiped, and put in a crock. Let stand 3 days. Drain. Dissolve 1 tablespoon alum in 1 gallon boiling water, and pour over cucumbers. Let stand 6 hours. Drain well. Boil together 1 gallon vinegar, 2 sticks cinnamon, 2 tablespoons allspice berries, 2 tablespoons whole cloves, small Pickles, Catsups, etc. 125 piece of ginger root, 4 green peppers, chopped, 4 pounds brown sugar

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