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Cucumber Sweet Pickles

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  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.
  • Curing. Old curing amounts and salts may be unsafe. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 8 ingredients

  1. Mustard seed
  2. Cloves
  3. Vinegar
  4. Cinnamon
  5. one-half cup salt
  6. one cup of sugar
  7. two quarts cucumbers
  8. Water
Contains MustardSulphites Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Cucumber Source of vitamin K · Source of protein

    Source of vitamin K · 16 µg per 100 g, 22% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin K contributes to normal blood clotting.
    • Vitamin K contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Vitamin K is a nutrient that the body needs to stay healthy. It’s important for blood clotting and healthy bones and also has other functions in the body. NIH fact sheet

    Source of protein · 0.7 g per 100 g, 17% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Cucumber, with peel, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Put small cucumbers in a dish with one-half cup salt to two quarts cucumbers;
  2. cover with boiling water and let stand all night.
  3. Remove from brine, place in granite kettle, cover with vinegar containing whole mustard seed, cloves and cinnamon and one cup of sugar.
  4. Let come to boiling point, but not boil.
  5. Can, or bottle while hot.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Kettle