Ingredients

  • 7lb cucumber slices,
  • 2 cups powdered lime
  • 2 qts. vinegar
  • 9 cups sugar
  • 1T.salt
  • 1T. pickling spice
  • 1T/ celery seed

Directions

(1.) 7lb. cucumber slices, soak 24 hours in 2 gal. water &
2 cups powdered lime.

(2.) Next day, wash cucumbers sevral times in cold water, (at least 3 or 4 times. Let stand 3 hrs. in ice water.

(3.) Mix 2 qts. vinegar, 9 cups sugar, 1T. salt, 1T pickling spice,1T.celery see. Pour over pickles, let stand ovr night.
Nest morning boil 35 min. Pack in jars and seal. I guess you can them?



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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: My Mother
Submitted By: M. Rambis
Rambisml@indy.net
Lime Water Pickles