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Ingredients
- 7 lbs cucumbers, sliced
- 1 cup mrs. wages pickling lime
- 2 gallons water
- 8 cups distilled white vinegar, 5% acidity
- 8 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons mixed pickling spices
- 1 (1 ounce) bottle green food coloring, it may not take that much, but you want them a very dark green color
Method
- Soak clean cucumbers in water and lime mixture in crockery or enamel ware for 2 hours or overnight. Do not use aluminum ware.
- Remove sliced cucumbers from lime water. Discard lime water. Rinse 3 times in fresh cold water. Soak 3 hours in ice water.
- combine vinegar, sugar, salt and mixed pickling spices in a large pot. Bring to a low boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove syrup from heat ad add sliced cucumbers. Soak 5-6 hours or overnight.
- Boil slices in the syrup 35 minutes. Fill sterilized jars with hot slices. Pour hot syrup over the slices, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Cap each jar when filled.
- Process pints 10 minutes, quarts 15 minutes in a boiling water bath canner.
- Test jars for airtight seals according to manufacturer's instructions. Refrigerate unsealed jars.
