Sweet Cucumber Pickle

8 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 7 lb. cucumbers
  • 2 c. pickling lime
  • 5 lb. sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. turmeric
  • 2/3 c. salt
  • 2 Tbsp. alum
  • 2 qt. vinegar
  • pickling spice

Directions

  1. 1
    Slice cucumbers.
  2. 2
    Soak 12 hours in lime water; rinse.
  3. 3
    Soak 4 hours in salt water; rinse.
  4. 4
    Soak 2 hours in clear water; drain. Bring to a boil in alum water.
  5. 5
    Rinse in hot water.
  6. 6
    Make syrup using sugar, vinegar, turmeric and pickling spices the size of an egg in cheesecloth.
  7. 7
    Boil cucumber in syrup for 1/2 hour.
  8. 8
    Cool and pack in sterilized jars.

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