Cucumber Pickles

As any gardener knows, cucumbers have the annoying habit of ripening all at the same time. Eighteenth-century cooks, particularly the English, preserved them as pickles to serve over the winter with cold meats. A race of ginger is a root. A crown was a coin.

Take the large Cucumbers before they are too ripe, slice them the Thickness of Crown-pieces into a Pewter-dish: To every dozen of Cucumbers, slice two large Onions thin, so on till you have filled your Dish; with a