Mustard Pickles

Ingredients

• 1 lb cucumber, 5" to 6" long
• 1 cup salt
• 2 quarts vinegar
• 1 lb sugar, brown
• 1 cup dry mustard
• 2 quarts water

Recipe

• 1 scrub cucumbers well and slit to within 1" of end, but don't cut in half.
• 2 mix vinegar, water, sugar, salt and mustard.
• 3 put cucumbers in a crock and pour vinegar mixture over them.
• 4 cover with a place to keep pickles under the liquid.
• 5 let sit in a basement or other cool place for two or three weeks.