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Pickled Cucumbers

Gherkins. earthen pan, sprinkle with salt, and let it lie Small cucumbers, but not too young, are for 2 days; then drain and spread it out before wiped clean with a dry cloth, put into a jar, the fire for some hours; put it into a stone jar, and boiling vinegar, with a handful of salt, and add sufficient white vinegar, or pale white poured on them. Boil up the vinegar every vinegar, to cover, with a little mace and a few 3 days, and pour it on them till they become white pepper-corns. green; then add ginger and pepper, and tie

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