Crisp Pickled Silver Skin Onions
"These silver skin onions are supberb when finished. It does take time if you can do it and you will be rewarded. This recipe was given to me by my mother over 40 years ago. It takes 7 days of a short time each day to achieve great results."
photo by Food.com
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
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4 pint jars
ingredients
- 5 lbs silver skin onions
- 1 cup pickling salt
- 4 cups granulated sugar
- 4 cups white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons whole allspice, spices
directions
- In a large pot, add onions, cover with boiling water and let cool.
- Peel and discard skins and water.
- Rinse onions and return to pot.
- Sprinkle onions with pickling salt.
- Cover onions again with boiling water and let stand for 24 hours.
- Drain and reserve salted water.
- Rinse onions with cold water and return to cooking pot.
- In a separate pot, bring reserved salted water to a boil.
- Pour over onions.
- Repeat this same process for another 2 full days.
- At the beginning of the 4th day, drain and discard water.
- Rinse onions thoroughly.
- In a cooking pot, add sugar, vinegar and spices that are wrapped in a cheese cloth and bring to boil; boil for 2 minutes.
- Pour this liquid over the onions.
- Cover and let sit for 24 hours.
- Drain off liquid, save and reheat.
- Pour this liquid over the onions again.
- Repeat this process for a total of 3 days, which is now the 6th day.
- On the 7th day, which is the last day, drain and reserve the liquid.
- Wash onions thoroughly.
- Reheat the reserved liquid.
- Prepare and sterilize jars.
- Fill jars with onions and pour the hot liquid over the onions in the jars to within 1/4 inch of the top.
- Wipe tops of rims very clean.
- Place prepared lids on top and screw on screw lids just finger tight.
- Place jars in a hot bath in a canner and boil for 5 minutes.
- Remove from bath and place on a towel.
- Cover with another towel to cool.
- Jars are sealed when the tops"pop" and are concave, (turned down.).
- Wipe jars clean, lable and store in a cool, dry place.
Questions & Replies
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When boiling vinegar, sugar and spice bag, do I leave the spice bag in when I cover the onions?
Reviews
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Wow!! These are great. Simple easy steps. Wonderful results. This is my second year making them. I do 20 pounds at a time. Thank you Uncle Bill, for sharing such a wonderful treat with us!
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Amazing! I know this method of making pickles has been around for centuries but yours is the first I've tried. I cut it down and made just one jar but they tasted so good already when I canned them that I have another 5lbs going now! Thank you -they are exactly like the Hayward's sharp pickles I ate in the UK. I'm starting another 5 lbs with half onions and half cauliflower and some different spices.
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I've been making these for a year now and am sooo glad I found this recipe!tasty,sweet and totally yummy..I make huge jars and somehow they just disappear...yay thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe;) -
these are absolutely delish...crisp and tangy. don't be put off by the week long process its a few minutes each night. the result is worth the wait
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
William Uncle Bill
Burnaby,, B.C.
I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%.
From Uncle Bill's Kitchen contains tried-and-true, tested, easy to follow reipes for both novice and experienced cooks. You'll find old Russian, Ukrainian, and other ethnic favorites, along with modern West Coast dishes. The Nutrient Analysis will please the health conscious. Uncle Bill's favorite recipes will reward efforts of the most creative cook and provide the family with many tantalizing, healthful meals.
I have appeared on 48 various Television Shows in Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and Kamploops, B.C. Canada, as well as in Palm Springs, CA. In Palm Springs, CA, I have been a Guest on the JACKIE OLDEN RADIO SHOW and THE JOEY ENGLISH RADIO SHOW, twice a year since 1998. I also do demo cooking shows at CHAPTERS BOOK STORES, SAVE-ON-FOOD STORES, GALLOWAY'S FOODS, WESTMINSTER PUBLIC QUAY MARKET, and in the U.S. at BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORES in Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ.
I was in Palm Springs, CA from June 10th to July 14th. 2002 and again appeared twice on the Jackie Olden Show, twice on the Joey English Show and pre-taped a TV COOKING SHOW with Jackie Olden that is aired on TV from Palm Springs, CA to Los Angeles, CA.
