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Sweet Chunk Pickles Recipe


Sweet Chunk Pickles Recipe Whodunitrdr / All my dishes
7 months, 2 weeks ago
This is Mom's recipe for 5 day sweet pickles that she started using 60 years ago.
Prep:30m Cook:30m Servings:128

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Ingredients
  • 2 gallons cucumbers ; peeled and cubed
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 2 quarts water
  • 4 tablespoons alum
  • 9 cups sugar
  • 6 cups vinegar
  • 1/2 cup pickling spice

Directions
  1. Combine salt and water, add cucumbers and let stand in brine for 2 days.
  2. Drain and sprinkle alum over cucumbers and cover with boiling water.
  3. Let cool and drain.
  4. Make syrup of sugar, vinegar and spices in a cloth bag, bring to a boil and pour over cucumbers.
  5. Let stand overnight.
  6. The next day, drain syrup and spice bag back into kettle, bring to a boil again and pour back over cucumbers.
  7. Let stand overnight.
  8. The next day, pack cucumbers into jars, heat the syrup and add green food coloring, pour over cucumbers and seal jars.
  9. NOTES : Makes better pickles if medium cucumbers are cubed and used, rather than great big ones.

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peetabear 7 months, 2 weeks ago said:
You're on a roll...^5


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