Crystallized Ginger Pickles(Mrs. Buddy Quin)

8 ingredients
14 steps

Ingredients

  • 5 lb. cucumbers (after peeled, cored and striped)
  • 2 c. household lime to 2 gal. of water
  • 1 box alum to 2 gal. of water
  • 3 parts vinegar
  • 1 box pulverized ginger (3 oz.) to 2 gal. water
  • 3 parts water
  • 5 lb. sugar
  • 1 box pickling spice

Directions

  1. 1
    Use overgrown cucumbers that yellow.
  2. 2
    Soak cucumbers in lime 24 hours.
  3. 3
    Wash.
  4. 4
    Soak in
  5. 5
    alum
  6. 6
    water 24 hours and wash. Soak in ginger water 24 hours.
  7. 7
    Do not wash unless too strong with ginger.
  8. 8
    Just drain
  9. 9
    well. Combine vinegar, water, sugar and pickling spice.
  10. 10
    Soak cucumbers
  11. 11
    in
  12. 12
    the solution 4 hours. Then boil 1 hour.
  13. 13
    Stir frequently.
  14. 14
    Seal in sterilized jars.

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