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    Ten Day Pickles (Crispy)


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    David

    List of Ingredients




    Ten Day Pickles (Crispy)

    Recipe





    1 - Put whole pickle cucumbers in salt water strong enough to carry an
    egg [took about 3 cups/gallon of water.] Let stand 3 days.

    Day 4 - Drain and put in fresh water for 3 days. Weigh them down to keep
    them covered.

    Day 7 - Slice them and put in cold water. Add alum the size of an English
    walnut and a little vinegar. Heat them till they show green. Stir often.
    Drain.

    For 7 pounds of cucumbers, make a syrup of [wasn't enough syrup so we had to make more]:

    4 lbs sugar
    1 pint of vinegar
    ¼ oz stick cinnamon
    ¼ oz allspice berries
    Pour over cucumbers.

    Day 8 - Drain syrup off pickles and heat. Pour over cucumbers.

    Day 9 - Repeat above step.

    Day 10 - Put pickles in syrup and let them get hot but don't let them boil.

    Put in jars and seal

    Source is David

 

 

 


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