crystal pickles
Wonderful crunchy. almost transparent, sweet pickles that you can't buy in any store anymore. Many of todays cooks have probably never even heard of this pickle.You need a large container with a lid to soak these, but it's an easy, no-fail recipe. These pickles are a favorite in our house. The recipe is very old, but the pickles will be gone before you know it.
prep time
cook time
method
Canning/Preserving
yield
6 / 8 Pints
Ingredients
- 1 gallon thinly sliced (medium sized) cucumbers
- 1 cup pickling salt
- 1 tablespoon alum
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- SYRUP
- 6 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 4 cups white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 bag pickling spices ( size of a walnut )
How To Make crystal pickles
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Step 1Soak thinly sliced cucumbers in a gallon of water and the 1 cup pickling salt for 5 days. Stir everyday.
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Step 2After 5 days, drain and add fresh water and the 1 tablespoon of alum. Soak overnight. Next morning drain and rinse.
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Step 3Bring the cucumbers to a boil in fresh water and cook 10 minutes, with 1 tablespoon ginger. Drain and rinse
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Step 4Make the syrup, by combining all the syrup ingredients except the pickling spices Place the pickling spices in cheesecloth and tie up and place in the syrup mixture. Let the syrup come to a boil and add cucumbers and boil 20 minutes.
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Step 5Remove the pickling spice bag and bottle while hot. Pack pickles into clean, hot jars; cover with hot syrup leaving 1/2 inch head space; seal. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
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