Little Krispies

Cover 75 small cucumbers with cold water. Add 1 cup salt. Let set one week - weight down the cover so that pickles will be held under the water. At the end of one week split each pickle and put back in the crock.

Cover with boiling water for three mornings (pouring off each water and using fresh boiling water each morning).

Second morning add 1 tablespoon powdered alum.

On the fourth morning pour off the water leaving pickles in crock. Cover with following liquid:
5 cups vinegar
5 cups water
1 Tblsp. celery seed
1 stick cinnamon, cut in 4 pieces

Rehead this solution for three mornings and pour back on pickles. Have it boiling hot each time.

On the fourth morning pack the pickles in sterilized jars and pour boiling hot solution over them and seal at once.

Sweet Pickles

Wash the cucumbers and dry thoroly. If they are of assorted size pack the small ones in jars by themselves, halve the medium ones lengthwise, and the large ones, quarter lengthwise. Pack in sterilized jars. Cover with the following solution:

1 scant tablespoonful of saccharin powder
1 tablespoon of powdered alum
1/2 cupful of salt
5 tablespoonfuls of ground mustard
1 tablespoonful of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoonful of ground cloves
1 teaspoonful of allspice
1 cupful of ground horseradish
1 gallon of cider vinegar

Blend together the saccharin, alum, salt, mustard, and spices. Add the horseradish and vinegar, mix well and pour over the jars of cucumbers, keeping the mixture well stirred. Seal and store.

Mrs. E.J., Iowa
(From Successful Farming magazine, dated September 1930)

Easy Dill Pickles

9 cupfuls of water
1 cupful of salt
2 cupfuls of vinegar
Dill

Place the water, salt, and vinegar in a kettle. Let heat to scalding point, but do not boil. Pour over large cucumbers which have been quartered lengthwise and packed in sterilized jars. To each quart jar allow 1 medium-sized head of dill. Place the dill in the top of jar and seal. Store in a cool place for 6 weeks before using. A tiny piece of garlic or onion may be added to each jar if desired.

Mrs. C. W., Mich.

(From Successful Farming magazine, dated September 1930)