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Pick a peck of Walden pickles
Great pickles start with quality ingredients. Rich red soil, fresh sea air, and abundant summer sunshine combine to make PEI one of the most fertile agricultural regions in Canada. Too bad it’s so small! Gram Nicholson’s Walden Cabin Mustard Pickles Ingredients: 5 Qt Fresh cucumbers, quartered and seeded 3 lb onions, finely chopped 1 cauliflower, broken to individual florets 1 red pepper, chopped to small squares (for colour) Dressing: 7 cups white sugar 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp turmeric 1 tsp black pepper 1.5 cups flour (or corn starch) Method: Cukes should be prepared the night before cooking, and should be soaked overnight in 1/2 cup of pickling salt (sprinkled…