Pickled Matchsticks

Name: Pickled Matchsticks
Yield: Approximately 1½ pints
Ingredients: ⅓ to ½ cup sugar or to taste; 1 teaspoon mustard seed; ¾ cup cider vinegar; 1 small to medium yellow or white onion; 1 tablespoon salt; ¾ cup water; 1 long english cucumber; ½ teaspoon allspice; ½ teaspoon cracked dry ginger; ½ teaspoon whole cloves; 1 cinnamon stick, broken

Preparation info

Approximately
1½ pints

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Canning and Preserving

By Janet Cooper

Published 2014

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Ingredients

¾ cup cider vinegar
¾ cup water
1 cinnamon stick

Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

The night before making the pickles, prepare the syrup. In a saucepan, combine the vinegar, water, cinnamon, and spices. Simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Leave covered and let stand overnight.
The next day, prepare the vegetables. Peel the cucumber, cut lengthwise into quarters, and remove any mature seeds. Cut the quarters crosswise into 3 equal sticks. Cut ea

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