Grandma Poulsen's Sweet Pickles Recipe
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Ingredients: 7 lb cucumbers (sliced crosswise)
1 cup pickling lime
2 gallons water
8 cups white vinegar (5% acidity)
8 cups sugar
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp mixed pickling spices
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Directions:Soak clean cucumbers in water and lime mixture in crockery or enamel ware for 12 hours or overnight. Do not use aluminum! Remove sliced cucumbers from lime water. Discard lime water. Rinse 3 times in fresh cold water. Soak 3 hours in fresh ice water. Combine vinegar, sugar, salt and mixed pickling spices in a large pot. Bring to a low boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove syrup from heat and add sliced cucumbers. Soak 5-6 hours or overnight. Boil slices in the syrup 35 minutes. Fill sterilized jars with hot slices. Pour hot syrup over the slices. leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Cap each jar when filled. Process pints 10 minutes, and quarts 15 minutes in a boiling water bath canner. Test jars for airtight seals according to manufacturer's instructions. Refigerate unsealed jars. |
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Notes: Processing time listed is for altitudes less than 1000 feet. At altitudes of 1000 feet or above, increase processing time 1 minute for each 1000 feet of altitude.
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