This is an excerpt from The Prince of Transylvania's Court Cookbook
(Hungary, 16th c.)
The original source can be found at
MedievalCookery.com
Cucumber made from salad. Cucumber made from burdock. Peel it the way you peel the salad stem, then add salt like I told you, wash it from the salt in hot water, then put it into iced water. They do the same with the fast ripened cucumber.