Stone Jar Pickles

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Stone Jar Pickles

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Make Your Own

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 Box salt
about 1/2 bushel small
cucumbers
1 Box alum
1 Gal. vinegar
1 Box pickling spices
sugar

First day: Pour not quite all of a box of salt into a
kettle of water and boil. Pour over approximately a half
bushel of small cucumbers. Pack into at least a 3 gallon stone
jar.
Second day: Pour salty water off cucumbers. Boil in a
large kettle 1 box of alum and water to fill the kettle. Pour
over cucumbers.
Third day: Drain off alum liquid; boil a kettle of
plain water and pour over pickles.
Fourth day: Heat 1 gallon vinegar. Put one box of
pickling spices into a piece of cheesecloth; tie securely and
drop into vinegar. Pour over cucumbers and let sit for 9 days.
On the fifteenth day: Pour off liquid from pickles.
Slice cucumbers; put a layer of pickles and a layer of sugar
into your stone crock. If you prefer layer your pickles and
sugar right into glass jars. It is not necessary to seal the
jars. Pickles will keep indefinitely.


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