Sliced Cucumber Pickles

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Mom's overnight salt-water recipe with celery seed

Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card

From Mom's.

Ingredients

1 qt sliced cucumbers
1 C sliced onions
1 C vinegar
1 C sugar
¼ t turmeric powder
½ t celery seed
½ t mustard seed
1 tablespoon salt and 1 quart water in addition to the seven listed ingredients

Directions

let stand in salt water over nite - 1 T salt to 1 qt water
boil till cukes are transparent - put in jars & seal.

Timing: let stand in salt water overnight

Temperature: boil until cucumbers are transparent

Equipment: brining vessel, cooking pot, and canning jars with seals

As written

Mom's.

Three-to-four-hour salt-rest recipe with green pepper

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card

Ingredients

1 qt cucumbers sliced
onions sliced
3 or 4 Tbl. salt
1 cup vinegar
1 [ditto: cup] sugar; 1 [ditto: teaspoon] mustard or mustard seed
1/4 teaspoon tumeric powder
1/2 green pepper, little salt.

Directions

Stand 3 or 4 hrs. Drain.
Let come to boil, add cucumbers & onion, Cook until tender, can & seal.

Timing: 3 or 4 hrs.; until tender

Temperature: Let come to boil; Cook until tender

Equipment: quart measure; knife and cutting board; measuring cups and spoons; draining vessel or colander; cooking pot and stirring utensil; canning jars and closures; canning utensils

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Salt treatment

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card: 3 or 4 tablespoons salt; stand 3 or 4 hours; drain
Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card: Stand overnight in salt water made with 1 tablespoon salt to 1 quart water

Onion and seasonings

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card: 1 onion, 1 teaspoon mustard or mustard seed, 1/2 green pepper, and a little salt
Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card: 1 cup sliced onions, 1/2 teaspoon celery seed, and 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed; no green pepper

Cooking and packing endpoint

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card: Bring the liquid to a boil, add cucumbers and onion, cook until tender, then can and seal
Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card: Boil until the cucumbers are transparent, then put in jars and seal

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