Recipe - Crispy Sweet Pickles (Add Hot Stuff Of Your Choice)

7 pound Cucumbers
1 ga Water
2 pound Pickling Lime; (Follow
Directions for amount to
dissolve in 1 gallon water)
1 tablespoon Salt
2 qt Vinegar
6 Strips Cinnamon Bark; (1 1
One half inches long)
1 teaspoon Grated Nutmeg; 1 Teaspoon
Ground Ginger tied in a
cloth
5 pound Sugar

I promised a crispy sweet pickle recipe to the list. I've been away from
the computer sorry for the delay!

This is how my Grandmother does it:

Slice Cucumbers One fourth inch in thickness, place in a porcelain lined or
granite vessel. Cover with 1 gallon of water in which lime has been
dissolved. Let sit for 24 hours.

Remove cucumbers, rinse well through several cold water baths to remove all
lime sediment.

Dissolve sugar in vinegar, add cinnamon sticks and cloth pouch of nutmeg
and ginger.

Bring to boil, add slices of cucumber and boil rapidly about 35 minutes.

Discard cloth pouch, fill sterilized jars with pickles and juice, add
cinnamon sticks and seal jars.

These are a family favorite. No gettogether is complete without them! I
suppose you could add peppers of your choice. I plan to add Calvin's Magic
Powder.

Peppers alone would probably work I love pickled okra but haven't tried
them crispy style.

Posted to CHILEHEADS DIGEST by Randy rock4u@rocketmail.com on May 22,
1998