These
pickles take 4 days to make.
1/2 cup Salt
8 cups Sugar
6 cups
Vinegar
3/4 tsp Turmeric
5 lb Cucumbers, 3" long or less
2 tsp Celery
seed
2 tsp Mixed pickling spices
8 1" pieces cinnamon sticks
1/2 tsp
Fennel
The cucumber stems need not be removed. Wash the cucumbers,
place them in a
kettle and cover with boiling water. About 6 hours later,
drain and cover
with fresh boiling water.
Allow to stand
overnight and repeat process.
After 6 hours, once again drain and cover
with fresh
boiling water to which the salt has been added.
Let stand
overnight.
Drain and prick cucumbers 3 times with a sharp table fork.
Mix 3 cups
sugar and 3 cups vinegar, add spices, bring to a
boil
and pour
over cucumbers. Six hours later, drain the syrup into a
kettle,
add 2
cups of sugar and 2 cups of vinegar,
bring to
a boil and pour the cucumbers again.
Let stand
overnight.
In the morning, drain the syrup into the kettle,
add 2 cups
sugar and 1 cup vinegar, bring to a boil and pour over cucumbers.
Six hours
later, drain off the syrup once more,
add one last
cup of sugar and bring to a boil.
Pack cucumbers
into clean,
hot jars and
cover with the syrup to with-in 1/2-inch of the top.
Place jars in
boiling water and process for 5 minutes
after the
water comes to a boil.
Makes 7 - 8
pints
