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- From: roche@rochester.arpa (James Roche
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- Subject: RECIPE: Sweet cucumber chunks
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- Date: 11 Sep 87 03:08:50 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CUKE-CHUNKS AV "20 Mar 87" 1987
- .RZ "SWEET CUCUMBER CHUNKS" "A very sweet cucumber pickle"
- My wife's grandmother provided us with this wonderful pickle recipe.
- .IH "Serves many"
- .IG "10" "cucumbers,"
- not too fat
- .IG "8 cups" "sugar" "800 g"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "pickling spice" "30 ml"
- (see note)
- .IG "5 tsp" "salt" "25 ml"
- (noniodized salt is best)
- .IG "4 cups" "vinegar" "1 liter"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Wash cucumbers and place in large pot. Pour boiling water over cucumbers
- until they are covered. Let stand for 24 hours and then drain. Repeat this
- procedure for three (3) days. The cucumbers will be rather slimy after this.
- This is normal.
- .SK 2
- On the fourth day drain and slice into bite-size chunks. If the cucumbers are
- fat you can halve or quarter the chunks so you end up with bite-size pieces.
- .SK 3
- Combine the remaining ingredients. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring
- frequently. Pour cooked mixture over the cucumber pieces.
- .SK 4
- Return to a boil, but just a boil. Do not cook. Pour cucumbers and liquid
- mixture into canning jars and seal. Jars should be sealed in a boiling water
- bath for 10 minutes.
- .NX
- These are best if they sit for a month or so after canning, to give them time
- to work. If you use iodized salt, they are more likely to get cloudy during
- that month.
- .PP
- If your grocery does not sell premixed "pickling spice" mixtures, try
- various combinations of mustard seeds, celery seeds, coriander, dill, or any
- other strongly-flavored spices that you like.
- .PP
- We increase this recipe by several times. Last year we used about 200
- cucumbers.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 4 days of soaking. About 1\-2 hours of real work.
- .I Precision:
- Approximate measure ok.
- .WR
- Jim Roche
- University of Rochester, Computer Science Department
- roche@cs.rochester.edu rochester!roche
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