Old-Fashioned Pickled Cucumbers (Gammaldags Pressgurka)

Ingredients

• 1 medium sized cucumber
• A little salt
• ½ cup white spirit vinegar
• ½ cup water
• 3 T. sugar
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley

Instructions

• Peel the cucumber and slice it thinly.
• Put the slices into a bowl, salting slightly between layers.
• Place a similar size bowl on top and weight it down.
• Let stand for about one hour.
• Mix a dressing of vinegar, water, sugar, white pepper and parsley.
• Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Discard the liquid which has collected around the pressed cucumbers.
• Pour the dressing over the slices of cucumber, and chill the salad for several hours be-fore serving.