Eight-Day Bread & Butter Pickles

* Exported from MasterCook *

EIGHT-DAY BREAD & BUTTER PICKLES

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8 qt Cucumbers
4 c Vinegar
2 ts Pickling spice
8 c Sugar
5 ts Salt

Place cucumbers in a crock; pour boiling water over to
cover each day for four days. Use fresh water each
day. Keep crock covered and cool. On the fifth day,
cut cucumbers into 1/2" to 3/4" pieces. Mix other
ingredients and bring to a boil. Pour over cut-up
cucumbers in crock. Reheat this syrup each day for
four days and pour over cucumbers. Keep covered and
cool at all other times.

Pack cucumbers in jars and fill with heated syrup,
leaving 1/2" headspace, then seal.

-- Mary B. Harry
Baltimore, MD



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