The Twentieth Century Home Cook Book

Practical recipes and household wisdom from 1906 — when the icebox was high technology and dinner had nine courses.

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Sweet Ripe Pickles

LIPPED PRESERVING AND PICKLING KETTLE.
LIPPED PRESERVING AND PICKLING KETTLE.

Take sound, ripe cucumbers, peel and remove the seeds, cut lengthwise into strips an inch wide. To three quarts of the pieces add three cups of vinegar and four of water; soak twenty-four hours, stirring once or twice. Put one quart of vinegar on the fire, add one pint of sugar, a little stick cinnamon and a teaspoonful of pimento tied in a bit of cloth; scald all together. add the cucumber and boil till soft.

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