Cucumber sweet pickle (short process)
4 quarts
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gallon | Cucumbers |
| 6 | cups | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 1½ | quart | Vinegar |
| 2 | tablespoons | Mixed spices |
Directions
Wash cucumbers and wipe them dry. Dissolve salt in 1 gallon cold water and pour over cucumbers. Let stand 24 hours and drain. Puncture each cucumber 3 times with a needle. Combine ½ of the sugar, vinegar, water, and spices. Simmer liquid for 30 minutes. Add cucumbers to liquid and continue to simmer 15 minutes. Let stand in a jar for 2 days. Drain off the liquid and pack pickles in hot jars.
Add remaining sugar to liquid and boil for 5 minutes. Pour over pickles and seal.
Mrs. Roy E. Blosser of Ohio _Mennonite Community Cookbook_ Mary Emma Showalter 1950 The Mennonite Community Association ISBN 87883-0411 Typos by Jeff Pruett
Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 08-22-95
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