Each week we’ll bring you a tasty recipe passed down by Emanuel families, from the Emanuel School Community Cookbook, The Family Meal. 

From the kitchen of Beloved Brenda Shear

Grandma B’s Homemade Pickled Cucumbers

Ingredients

1 kg cucumbers
1 – 2 tbsp sugar
1 cup white vinegar
3/4 cup water
1 tbsp salt
5 bay leaves
10 pepper corns
2 cloves garlic

Directions

In a pot, bring water, sugar, vinegar, salt, bay leaves and peppercorns to the boil.
Place 2 cloves of garlic at the bottom of a cucumber jar.
Add the cucumbers.
Pour boiled liquid over cucumbers into the jar.
Leave to cool and then put lid of jar and place into the refrigerator.

Serves 6

You can order the Emanuel School Community Cookbook, The Family Meal by contacting rubykb@gmail.com