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Sour Cucumber Pickles
4 cups small cucumbers
4 tsp sugar
2 tsp canning/pickling salt
2 tsp dry mustard
1/8 tsp alum
cider vinegar
water
Wash cucumbers in cool water and pack into a canning jar big enough to hold them. Add sugar, salt, dry mustard, and alum. Fill jar about 2/3 full with vinegar. Fill remaining portion of jar to cover cucumbers with water. Put lid on jar. Agitate lightly every day for about a week to mix spices in with cucumbers. Then put in a cool dark place for about 3 months while the cucumbers work. makes 4 cups
Strawberries are the angels of the earth, innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward.
~Jasmine Heiler
To test the potency of baking soda, add a teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice to a pinch of baking soda. If it bubbles, the baking soda is still effective.
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