Sweet Pickles Recipe
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Ingredients: cucumbers
regular salt
hot water
alum
2 quarts white vinegar
14 cups sugar
1/2 cup whole mixed spices - pickling spice
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Directions:Cut cucumbers into all shapes to make 2 gallons - place in crock (cannot have any cracks or nicks-- she uses a 5-gallon plastic pail that once held a large quantity of food for a store) Add to the cut cucumbers: 2 cups regular salt and 1 gallon hot water. Let stand for 7 days. After 7 days, drain very well and cover with boiling water that has 1/2 ounce of alum (5 level teaspoons) in it. Let stand for 24 hours. Drain and rinse after 24 hours.
Mix:
2 quarts white vinegar
14 cups sugar
1/2 cup whole mixed spices - Pickling spice
Boil all together and pour over pickles hot.
Pour off each morning and re-boil mixture for 3 mornings.
Then put pickles in clean hot sterilized mason jars and pour boiling brine on them and seal.
These can be eaten immediately so save some in your refrigerator to enjoy. For tips on canning process, see Dill Pickles' recipe.
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