Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe
Ingredients
| Cucumbers | 4 Large | |
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Cider vinegar | 1 Pint | |
| Hot water | 1/4 Pint | |
| 3 dessertspoons sugar | ||
| Mustard seeds | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 4 strips pimento or red pepper | ||
Directions
Wash cucumbers well, slice very thinly.
Arrange in layers in large shallow dish, sprinkling a little salt between each layer (about 2 oz. 1/4 cup) salt in all).
Cover, stand overnight.
Wash cucumbers well in cold water, drain, set aside.
In a large saucepan, combine vinegar, hot water, sugar, mustard seeds and salt, bring to boil; reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
Add cucumbers, bring just to boiling point, remove from heat.
Using tongs, and working quickly, pack cucumbers tightly into hot sterilised jars.
Add a pimento strip to each jar.
Fill with vinegar mixture to within 1/2 in. of top, seal at once.
Arrange in layers in large shallow dish, sprinkling a little salt between each layer (about 2 oz. 1/4 cup) salt in all).
Cover, stand overnight.
Wash cucumbers well in cold water, drain, set aside.
In a large saucepan, combine vinegar, hot water, sugar, mustard seeds and salt, bring to boil; reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
Add cucumbers, bring just to boiling point, remove from heat.
Using tongs, and working quickly, pack cucumbers tightly into hot sterilised jars.
Add a pimento strip to each jar.
Fill with vinegar mixture to within 1/2 in. of top, seal at once.
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