Sour Pickles

Cornichons au Vinaigre

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

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Ingredients

  • 100 Small Cucumbers
  • A Boiling Brine
  • 2 Dozen Whole Spices

Method

Take about one hundred small Cucumbers, and place them in a jar. Cover them with boiling brine that will be strong enough to bear an egg. Let them stand for several days. Then take them out of the brine, wipe them well, and place them in clean jars. Add two dozen whole spices, one ounce of mustard seed, and six blades of mace, eight cloves, two chopped onions, and the red peppers. Cover them wi