End of July and August
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United Kingdom
Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
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Ingredients 2 ingredients
- a gallon of vinegar
- Pickles
Contains
Sulphites
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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.
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- From the middle of July to the middle of August.
- To Green Pickles : keep them in hot vinegar until they become so, and keep them closely covered down, or the evaporation of the steam may injure the colour.
- To make pickles crisp, dissolve a very small piece of alum in the vinegar.
- A piece the size of a bean will be sufficient for a gallon of vinegar.
- Recipes for the following pickles will be found under their respective headings : —