To Pickle Gherkins from Modern Cookery for Private Families by Eliza Acton

Name: To Pickle Gherkins from Modern Cookery for Private Families by Eliza Acton
Ingredients: ginger, sliced or bruised, 1½ oz.; Brine to pour on gherkins: —6 oz. salt to each quart water: 24 hours.; mace, 2; small blades; bay leaves; 24 to 100 gherkins, more when the flavour is liked: 2 days.; Pickle:—to each quart vinegar, salt, 1¼ oz.; black peppercorns, ¼ oz.

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Let the gherkins be gathered on a dry day, before the frost has touched them; take off the blossoms, put them into a stone jar, and pour over them sufficient boiling brine to cover them well. The f...

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Ingredients

ginger, sliced or bruised, 1½ oz.
Brine to pour on gherkins: —6 oz. salt to each quart water: 24 hours.
mace, 2
small blades; bay leaves; 24 to 100 gherkins, more when the flavour is liked: 2 days.
Pickle:—to each quart vinegar, salt, 1¼ oz.
black peppercorns, ¼ oz.