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SWEET PICKLES
Please read in full before attempting this recipe. I am posting this recipe only because it is from my grandmothers cookbook. I do not can foods and do not understand these directions in full. I can't help you if you get stuck!
Author: Dixie Gregory
Ingredients
- 1 c. salt
- 1 gallon of water
- Cucumbers
- 2 Tbsp. alum (2 Tbsp. alum per gallon)
- ½ and 1@ vinegar
- (Recipe book says "casa buds") Cassia buds
- Celery seed 1 tsp. per gal on water
Instructions
- Allow salt and water to boil. Pour over cucumbers and set for 1 week; drain.
- Pour clear boiling water over cucumbers and let set 24 hours, drain.
- Put alum water over pickles (2 Tbsp. alum per gallon)
- Let stand 24 hours
Bring to a boil:
- In another pan add vinegar, cassia buds and celery seed. Let it boil a while to make syrup. Pour over pickles
- Let stand 24 hours; drain.
Add
- cup sugar.
- Next day add 1 c sugar.
- Each time, drain and add your sugar.
- Bring to a boil and pour over cucumbers;. let stand 24 hours.
- They are ready to seal or can. They can even be left in open jar to use later on.
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