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Hi all,

Here is my favourite summer pickles:

Leavened cucumber (without leaven) for one jar

3-5kg (6-10 lbs) cucumber not bigger than 10cms (4inches)
2 pieces of potato
6-8 cloves of garlic
salt
warm water

Wash the cucumbers, taste at the end to discard bitter ones. Do not peel
them but cleave lengthwise four times.
Peel the potatoes, wash and cut both in two. Peel the garlic to get
about 8 cloves.
Put 2 pieces of potato, 4 cloves of garlic in the bottom of a big jar,
fill it closely with  cucumbers leaving space in the top for the
remaining 2 pieces of potato and garlic cloves.
Add a spoonful of salt to each kg (each 2 lbs) of cucumber.
Fill up the jar with warm (not boiling) water, do not close it, just
cover with a plate.
Put the jar under the sun for about three days. The fermentation process
ends when the water gets opaque.
Then throw the potatoes away, chill the jar well and enjoy !

1. remark: This type of pickles in Hungary is used to be leavened with
bread slices originally. Replacing bread with potato slices the result
remains perfect !
2. remark: If you are not fond of garlic, just omit it !

Attila Nemeth
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Budapest, Hungary