Sliced Cucumber Pickle

Original Instructions

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   Take one gallon of medium-sized cucumbers, put them into a jar or pail

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   Put into enough boiling water to cover them a small handful of salt, turn it over them and cover closely

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   Repeat this three mornings

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   The fourth morning scald enough cider vinegar to cover them, putting into it a piece of alum as large as a walnut, a teacup of horse-radish root cut up fine

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   Then tie up in a small muslin bag, one teaspoonful of mustard, one of ground cloves, and one of cinnamon

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   Slice up the cucumbers half of an inch thick, place them in glass jars and pour the scalding vinegar over them

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   Seal tight and they will keep good a year or more