Hydrated Lime Pickles
"This recipe originally was given to me by a friend, Jan Wrong, from Uxbridge,Ontario, in 1971.These pickles are sweet in flavour, not unlike "Bicks".They do need to have the color added."
- Ready In:
- 48hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 7 lbs cucumbers, sliced 1/4-inch thick
- 2 cups hydrated pickling lime
- 2 gallons cold water
-
Syrup
- 5 lbs sugar
- 3 pints white vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 tablespoon pickling salt
- 1 tablespoon pickling spices
directions
- Mix pickle ingredients together.
- Soak for 24 hours.
- Wash in clean running water (about 10 minutes).
- Let set in clean ice water for 4 hours.
- Syrup:Mix ingredients for syrup.
- Bring to a boil and pour over pickles.
- Let stand overnight.
- Next day, bring all to a boil and simmer 30-35 minutes.
- Add green food color and put in jars and seal.
- Not required to do the boiling water bath method.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
carol ann in canada
toronto, ontario
hi there!love to cook--used to live on a farm,entered many small country fairs with canning, baking(everything) knitting,crochet,and ceramics.I have won numerous ribbons in all colors.I have had 2 coffee trucks and prepared most food items carried,myself.I have managed a restaurant and was also the cook. If I had a month off--I would spend it cleaning my house.I currently have a home-cleaning business.I have 2 people working for me, and we keep very busy.
