16 Day Pickles

16 Day Pickles

piątek, 24 stycznia 2014

16 Day Pickles

Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 gallons cucumbers
• 1 tablespoon alum
• 1 cup pickling salt
• 10 lbs sugar
• 2 quarts white vinegar
• 3 tablespoons pickling spices
• 2 cinnamon sticks

Directions

• 1 Wash cucumbers.
• 2 Cover with salt water (1 cup pickling salt to 1 gallon water).
• 3 Let stand for a week.
• 4 Keep scum off daily.
• 5 Make sure pickles stay under water.
• 6 Drain and cover with boiling water.
• 7 Leave 24 hours.
• 8 Drain, cut into slices and cover with boiling water again.
• 9 Add 1 large tablespoon of alum.
• 10 Let stand three days.
• 11 Drain.
• 12 Cover with boiling water again.
• 13 Let stand overnight.
• 14 Drain.
• 15 Cover with syrup for four days.
• 16 Syrup: 10 pounds of sugar, 2 quarts white vinegar, 3 tablespoons of Picking spice, a couple of sticks of cinnamon.
• 17 Tie in a cheesecloth bag.
• 18 Drop in sugar mixture and bring to a boil.
• 19 Drain syrup and heat to boiling.
• 20 Pack in hot jars on 4th day.
• 21 Pour syrup over pickles and seal jars.