cookery · xiv

a pickle

one jar · ten minutes & a week · made in september

ingredients

• six small firm cucumbers, ridged ones if possible
• a head of dill, including the seed
• three cloves of garlic, peeled
• black peppercorns, a teaspoon
• 30g coarse salt
• 500ml water, brought to a boil and cooled

method

1. wash a tall glass jar in very hot water; pack the cucumbers tight, with garlic and dill tucked between.
2. dissolve the salt in the boiled water; pour over the cucumbers until they are submerged; weight them down with a smaller jar.
3. cover loosely with a cloth; leave on the counter for a week; refrigerate when they taste of themselves only more so.

a small act of september that you eat in february.

eaten beside last night's supper, or with a piece of bread and cheese; the jar lives on the cool shelf of the pantry and is visited at eight.