Crisp Sweet Pickles
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
7 pounds medium-size pickles (cucumbers), cut into small slices
Day One:
Make Brine of:
1 pint salt to 1 gallon water
Put pickles in brine for 5 days. Cover with weight, stir daily
Day 6:
Drain and soak in clear water for 2 days
Day 8:
Drain and cover with boiling water and 2 Tablespoons alum (dissolved)
Day 9:
Drain and cover with boiling water, let stand, cool, and drain
Make syrup and pour over pickles while hot
Syrup:
6 pounds sugar
3 pints vinegar
4 teaspoons whole mixed pickling spice
4 teaspoons celery seed
Day 10:
Drain, heat syrup and pour over pickles again
Day 11:
Drain, heat syrup, put pickles in small jars, cover with hot syrup and seal jars immediately.
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