Quick Sweet Pickles

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QUICK SWEET PICKLES

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 lb Pickling cucumbers
-- (3- to 4-inch)
1/3 c Canning or pickling salt
4 1/2 c Sugar
3 1/2 c Vinegar (5 percent)
2 ts Celery seed
1 tb Whole allspice
2 tb Mustard seed
1 c Pickling lime (optional)*

*(for use in variation below for making firmer pickles)

May be canned as either strips or slices.

Yield: About 7 to 9 pints

Procedure: Wash cucumbers. Cut 1/16-inch off blossom
end and discard, but leave 1/4 inch of stem attached.
Slice or cut in strips, if desired. Place in bowl and
sprinkle with 1/3 cup salt. Cover with 2 inches of
crushed or cubed ice. Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours. Add
more ice as needed. Drain well.

Combine sugar, vinegar, celery seed, allspice, and
mustard seed in 6-quart kettle. Heat to boiling.

Hot pack--Add cucumbers and heat slowly until vinegar
solution returns to boil. Stir occasionally to make
sure mixture heats evenly. Fill sterile jars, leaving
1/2-inch headspace. For more information see "Jars and
Lids".

Raw pack--Fill jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Add
hot pickling syrup, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust
lids and process according to the recommendations in
Table 1 or use the low-temperature pasteurization
treatment. For more information see "Low-Temperature
Pasteurization Treatment".

Variation for firmer pickles: Wash cucumbers. Cut
1/16-inch off blossom end and discard, but leave
1/4-inch of stem attached. Slice or strip cucumbers.
Mix 1 cup pickling lime and 1/2 cup salt to 1 gallon
water in a 2- to 3-gallon crock or enamel-ware
container. Caution: Avoid inhaling lime dust while
mixing the lime-water solution. Soak cucumber slices
or strips in lime water solution for 12 to 24 hours,
stirring occasionally. Remove from lime solution and
rinse and resoak 1 hour in fresh cold water. Repeat
the rinsing and resoaking two more times. Handle
carefully because slices or strips will be brittle.
Drain well.

Storage: After processing and cooling, jars should be
stored 4 to 5 weeks to develop ideal flavor.

Variation: Add 2 slices of raw whole onion to each jar
before filling with cucumbers.

Table 1. Recommended process time for Quick Sweet
Pickles in a boiling-water canner.

Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints or Quarts.
Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 5 min.
1,001 - 6,000 ft: 10 min.
Above 6,000 ft: 15 min.

Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Pints.
Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 10 min.
1,001 - 6,000 ft: 15 min.
Above 6,000 ft: 20 min.

Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Quarts.
Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 15 min.
1,001 - 6,000 ft: 20 min.
Above 6,000 ft: 25 min.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ ÿ * USDA Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539
(rev. 1994) * Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen
Mintzias



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