Ingredients

  • 7 lbs green tomatoes, sliced
  • 8 onions, sliced
  • 2 cups household limes
  • 2 quarts vinegar
  • 8 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 3 tablespoons pickling spices
  • 1 teaspoon celery seed

Method

  • Mix together in crock 2 cups household lime and 2 gallons water.
  • Add sliced tomatoes and onions.
  • Soak 24 hours.
  • Stir often.
  • Drain lime solution and wash pickles until clean.
  • Add 2 quarts vinegar, 8 cups sugar, and 2 teaspoons salt.
  • In a cloth put pickling spice and 1 teaspoon celery seed and tie this up.
  • Put in with your pickles.
  • Let stand overnight.
  • Boil hard 35 minutes.
  • Can in hot sterilized jars.