roche@rochester (James Roche) (11/14/86)
Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE SOUR-PICKLES-1 AV "19 May 86" 1986 .RZ "SOUR CUCUMBER PICKLES" "The most lip smackin' pickles you ever tasted." This recipe came from my wife's grandmother. .IH "makes 4 cups" "makes 1 liter" .IG "4 cups" "small cucumbers" "1 l" .IG "4 tsp" "sugar" "20 ml" .IG "2 tsp" "canning/pickling salt" "10 ml" .IG "2 tsp" "dry mustard" "10 ml" .IG "1/8 tsp" "alum" "0.5 ml" .IG "" "cider vinegar" .IG "" "water" .PH .SK 1 Wash cucumbers in cool water and pack into a canning jar big enough to hold them. .SK 2 Add sugar, salt, dry mustard, and alum. .SK 3 Fill jar about 2/3 full with vinegar. Fill remaining portion of jar to cover cucumbers with water. .SK 4 Put lid on jar. .SK 5 Agitate lightly every day for about a week to mix spices in with cucumbers. Then put in a cool dark place for about 3 months while the cucumbers work. .NX Don't be too impatient to try the pickles. They taste terrible if they haven't worked. Also, you do not have to seal these jars. They will keep for quite some time if stored in a cool/dark location. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: easy .I Time: 10 minutes preparation, 3 months waiting. .I Precision: Approximate measurement OK. .WR Jim Roche University of Rochester Rochester, NY roche@rochester.arpa caip!rochester!roche