14 Day Unsealed Pickles
"This is not my recipe. Found it on Key Gourmet by Softkey."
- Ready In:
- 336hrs
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
1 Gallon
ingredients
- 2 gallons cucumbers
- 3 cups canning salt
- 1 gallon vinegar
- 1 lb alum
- 1 lb pickling spices
- 7 lbs sugar
directions
- 1ST DAY: Dissolve salt in 1 gallon boiling water.
- Pour over cucumbers and let stand overnight.
- 2ND DAY: Pour off salt water.
- Add 1 gallon boiling water mixed with alum.
- Let stand overnight.
- 3RD DAY: Pour off alum water.
- Add 1 gallon clear boiling water.
- Let stand 24 hours.
- 4TH DAY: Boil 1 gallon vinegar and spices wrapped in cloth bag.
- Boil 15 minutes and pour over drained cucumbers.
- Let stand 9 days moving spice bag around each day.
- 13TH DAY: Slice or cut pickles and layer alternately with sugar until all sugar is used.
- Let stand overnight.
- 14TH DAY: Can.
- (Sugar will pull juice out of cucumbers and make a syrup.) Recipe calls for unsealed pickles; however, I heat the syrup and pickle slices and pack them in hot jars.
- I store these in refrigerator.
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Reviews
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These are fantastic!! My mom has made these for years. My husband eats them like candy. I think tuna salad isn't tuna salad without them. The same goes for potato salad.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Tarynne
Tujunga, California
I am 55 and I live in the Los Angeles area with my husband and 16 year old son. I enjoy trying new recipes especially ones that take a short time to cook. I enjoy reading and playing board games.
