Aristrocrat Pickles
Source of Recipe
Lois Christy
List of Ingredients
pickles
1 qt salt
3 gal water (separated)
1 T alum
1 T ginger
1 pt vinegar
1 pt water
3 T sugar
1 t cinnamon
1 t cloves
1 t celery seed
1 t allspice
1 t casa budsRecipe
Slice pickles thin, let lay in brine 8 days. Brine: 1 qt salt to 1 gal. water. After 8 days, drain, add fresh water and alum heaping tablespoon alum. simmer 1/2 hour. Drain. simmer 1/2 hour in 1 T ginger and fresh water. Drain.
1 pt vinegar, 1 pt water. cook 5 minutes. 3 Tbs sugar 1 tsp each cinnamon, cloves, celery seed, allspice, casa buds. Add pickles and cook 1/2 hour.
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