Pickle Problems
Cooking technique from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 200. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
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Instructions
- Hollow pickles: cucumbers poorly developed or not fresh.
- Shriveled pickles: salt, sugar, or vinegar solution too strong.
- Soft or slippery pickles: too little salt or vinegar, an imperfect seal, or too little processing time.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "Dill pickles - Filled jars" by grongar; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/); source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/70757891@N00/6019667931. Cropped/resized.
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