Tomato Lime Pickles

7 ingredients
25 steps

Ingredients

  • 7 lb. green tomatoes
  • 2 c. pickling lime
  • 2 gal. water
  • 8 c. distilled white vinegar
  • 8 c. sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. mixed pickling spice

Directions

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    Soak clean
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    green tomatoes in water and lime mixture in crockery or
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    enamelware
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    for
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    12
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    hours
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    or overnight.
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    Wash 3 times in clean
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    water and soak in fresh ice water for 3 hours. Combine remaining
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    ingredients
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    and bring to a low boil.
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    Stir until sugar is
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    dissolved.
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    Add green tomatoes and soak 5 to 6 hours or
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    overnight.
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    Boil
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    pickles
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    in
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    soaking liquid for 35 minutes.
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    Fill
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    sterilized
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    quart
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    jars
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    with
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    green tomatoes. Process 5 minutes in boiling water bath.

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