Wednesday, June 6, 2018

German Pickle

Ingredients

  • Ripe cucumbers, enough for 3 quarts 
  • 7 cups of vinegar
  • 4 cups of water
  • Sugar
  • Cinnamon bark
  • Pimento 

Directions

  1. Peel cucumbers and remove seeds
  2. Cut into inch wide strips
  3. Soak the cucumbers overnight in 3 of the cups of vinegar, and 4 cups of water
  4. Heat the other quart of vinegar over medium heat
  5. Add 1 pint of sugar, a pinch of cinnamon bark, and 1 teaspoon of pimento
  6. Let sit, stirring occasionally, then add cucumbers and boil till soft
  7. Put in glass jars
Source - Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Connor Bolleter
Louisiana Anthology
June 6, 2018

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