Name: Cucumbers, to Pickle
Ingredients: small cucumbers; strong salt; water; vine leaves

Cucumbers, to Pickle

Ingredients

small cucumbers
strong salt
water
vine leaves

Directions

Soak the cucumbers in a strong saltwater solution until they turn yellow, about 9-10 days, stirring twice daily.
Once yellow, drain the water and cover the cucumbers with vine leaves.
Boil the drained water and pour it over the cucumbers.
Leave the cucumbers in a warm place until the water cools.
Repeat boiling and pouring the water over the cucumbers until the process is complete.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.