From a 1946 cookbook on canning
This is a recipe for canned
BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES
- 25 Large cucumbers
- 12 onions, sliced
- ½ cupful of salt
Place cucumbers in cold water until crisp, then wipe dry and slice. Add sliced onion and salt. Let stand 1 hour. Do not drain. Add:
- 1 quart vinegar and a little water
- 2 ½ cupfuls sugar
- 2 tablespoonfuls mustard seed
- 2 tablespoonfuls ginger root
- 2 tablespoonfuls celery seed
Boil all together 5 minutes. While hot, fill cans and seal.
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- Pot Made in USA
- 21.5-Quart Capacity
- Holds 7 one-quart jars, 9 one-pint jars or 13 half-pint jars
- Provides excellent heat distribution
- Dishwasher safe
About Donna R Causey
Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey
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Jan Caldwell
I never see these pickles in the South. I had lunch in Chicago and what I thought were dills turned out to be B&B’s! I love them!
Yummy!!!