Sweet Gherkin Pickles
Source of Recipe
Marla
List of Ingredients
Sweet Gherkin Pickles
7 lbs cucumbers (1-1/2 inch or less)
1/2 cup canning or pickling salt
8 cups sugar
6 cups vinegar
3/4 tsp. turmeric
2 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp whole mixed pickling spice
2 cinnamon sticks
Recipe
Sweet Gherkin Pickles
7 lbs cucumbers (1-1/2 inch or less)
1/2 cup canning or pickling salt
8 cups sugar
6 cups vinegar
3/4 tsp. turmeric
2 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp whole mixed pickling spice
2 cinnamon sticks
Wash cucumbers. Cut 1/16 inch slice off blossom end and discard, but leave 1/4 inch of stem attached. Place cucumbers in large container and cover with boiling water. Six to 8 hours later, and on the second day, drain and cover with 6 quarts of fresh boiling water containing 1/4 cup salt. On the third day, drain and prick cucumbers with a table fork.
Combine and bring to boil 3 cups vinegar, 3 cups sugar, turmeric, and spices. Pour over cucumbers. six to 8 hours later, drain and save the pickling syrup. Add another 2 cups each of sugar and vinegar and reheat to boil. Pour over pickles. On the fourth day, drain and save syrup. Add another 2 cups sugar and 1 cup vinegar. Heat to boiling and pour over pickles. Drain and save pickling syrup 6 to 8 hours later. Add 1 cup sugar and heat to boiling. Using a wide mouthed funnel, fill sterile pint jars with pickles and cover with hot syrup, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Adjust lids and process.
Yield: 6 to 7 pints
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