Pickled Cowcumbers
Delights for Ladies by Sir Hugh Platt, 1609.
To preserve cowcumbers all the yeere: Take a gallon of faire water and a pottle of verjuice, and a pint of bay salt, and a handful of greene fennel or Dill; boile it a little, and when it is cold put it into a barrel, and then put your cowcumbers into that pickle, and you shall keep all the yeere.
1 Gal
Water
4 pints
Verjuice
2 C
Kosher Salt
1
big handfull chopped Dill
Wash and slice cucumbers. Make pickle and allow to cool completely. Place cucumbers into a jar and pour in liquid. Keep refrigerated.