GRANDMA'S SPICY SWEET PICKLES
Good old fashioned pickles from Grandma. This recipe is nearly 100 years old, passed from generation to generation. These are great pickles, and really very easy.
Provided by Donna M.
Categories Vegetable
Time P7DT15m
Yield 1 batch
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Slice cucumbers about 1/8 inch thick.
- Pour salt over cucumbers.
- Pour enough boiling water over all to cover.
- Stir and let stand 8 hours or overnight.
- Drain and discard brine.
- In a saucepan, combine vinegar, 1 cup sugar, spices and alum.
- Bring to a boil.
- Put cucumbers in a large glass jar or plastic bucket with lid or a stoneware crock.
- Pour boiling vinegar mixture over cucumbers.
- Cover and let stand.
- Next day, and each consecutive day for 5 days total, stir in one additional cup of sugar.
- Do not reheat when sugar is added.
- At the end of the 5th day, pickles are done and may be stored in covered jar.
- Do not seal jars.
- Pickles will keep indefinitely and get better with age.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 5195.2, Fat 6.9, SaturatedFat 0.9, Sodium 37781.8, Carbohydrate 1281.2, Fiber 11.5, Sugar 1233.9, Protein 15.8
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