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Home-Made Cucumber Pickles

A historical recipe from Things Mother Used to Make A Collection of Old Time Recipes, Some Nearly One Hundred Years Old and Never Published Befor, by Lydia Maria Gurney (1914).

A historical recipe

Things Mother Used to Make A Collection of Old Time Recipes, Some Nearly One Hundred Years Old and Never Published Before, by Lydia Maria Gurney (1914). Project Gutenberg eBook #8542.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: home canning or sealing in jars, preserving or pickling, a substance or vessel no longer considered safe. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.

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From Things Mother Used to Make A Collection of Old Time Recipes, Some Nearly One Hundred Years Old and Never Published Befor, by Lydia Maria Gurney (1914). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #8542 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8542). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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  • Home canning. Old canning methods can let botulism through. Use current tested canning guidance.
  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.
  • Additives or old utensils. The text names something no longer considered safe in food or for cooking in, such as lead, alum, borax, bitter almonds or copper pans. Don't use it.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Take enough small cucumbers to fill four one-quart jars;
  2. wash and sprinkle over them one cupful of table salt;
  3. let them remain over night;
  4. in the morning, wash and pack in the jars.
  5. Add one teaspoonful of whole cloves, one teaspoonful of whole allspice, one teaspoonful of white mustard seed, and two pieces of alum, as large as a pea, to each jar.
  6. Fill the jars with boiling vinegar, and seal.